Tuscarawas County Courthouse, New Philadelphia, Ohio My small, beat-up suitcase in hand, I stood on a sun-drenched sidewalk in downtown New Philadelphia, Ohio, wondering what to do next. Surly buildings loomed over blocks of deserted streets, a reminder that it was...
C. L. Hoang was born and raised in Vietnam during the war and came to the United States in the 1970s. He graduated from Ohio University and the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his living as an engineer until bitten by the writing bug a few years back. He has since published a novel, a travelogue, and a collection of stories. His writing has also appeared in The Louisville Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, and Mount Hope Magazine.