Mourning Headband for Hue

to those who criticize the style of writing, understand that nha ca began writing this the moment she left hue and returned to Saigon. it is no wonder that this reads like someone who is attempting to recall a dream (in her case, a painful nightmare)–roundabout, hasty, a little careless. but the glimpses of nha ca mourning her beloved hometown, her attempts to document and immortalize her family and the people of hue that she met during the tet offensive, her desire to share these memories for the sake of remembering–all of these make this piece so powerful and important.