Nhã Thuyên secludedly anchors herself to Hà Nội, Việt Nam and totters between languages as a writer, translator, and editor. In 2023/2024, she was a DAAD Artists-in-Berlin fellow. Her videopoem “âm u əm˧˧ u˧˧” is part of the exploratory research project READING READING: IL/LEGIBLE, realised by Barbara Bausch. Poetological reflections by Nhã Thuyên can be found in her Essay “Retracing Signs” in the publication Illegibilites Reflecting Reading (2025).