Celebrating + Reclaiming Vietnamese Cultural Power with Viet Thanh Nguyen

WELCOME DVAN is excited to host Pulitzer-Prize winning author, Viet Thanh Nguyen, at San Jose's City Hall Rotunda to discuss his new memoir, A Man of Two Faces which explores Vietnamese refugeehood, displacement, finding belonging, reclaiming cultural power and celebrating the Vietnamese community. The night is moderated by and in conversation with notable writer Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. Viet Thanh Nguyen will sign books at this event- be sure to order your copy of A Man of Two Faces through Eastwind Books of Berkeley! Put "DVAN" as the promo code, and 10% of the sale will go directly to DVAN. Books can be picked up at the event (be sure to select 'pick-up' when ordering)! Onsite registration is also available! ABOUT VIET THANH NGUYEN: Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He's the author of The Sympathizer, which was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, alongside seven other prizes. He is also the author of The Committed, which continues the story of The Sympathizer, a short story collection The Refugees; a nonfiction book Nothing Ever Dies which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and was the editor of an anthology of refugee writing, The Displaced. He is the Aerol Arnold Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations. He lives in Los Angeles. ABOUT CATHY PARK HONG: Cathy Park Hong’s New York Times bestselling book of creative nonfiction, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, was published in Spring 2020 by One World/Random House and Profile Books (UK). Minor Feelings was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography, and earned her recognition on TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021 list. She is also the author of poetry collections Engine Empire, published in 2012 by W.W. Norton, Dance Dance Revolution, chosen by Adrienne Rich for the Barnard Women Poets Prize, and Translating Mo'um. Hong is the recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her prose and poetry have been published in the New York Times, New Republic, the Guardian, Paris Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. She is a Full Professor in English at UC Berkeley. DETAILS ON HOW TO GET A COPY OF VIET'S BOOK DAY OF THE EVENT: Donate 10% to DVAN by purchasing a signed copy of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s A Man of Two Faces from Eastwind Books of Berkeley’s online shop: DVAN / Viet Thanh Nguyen 2023. Use code ‘DVAN’ at checkout so 10% of your purchase will be donated to DVAN. Your signed copy of A Man of Two Faces will be ready for pick up at the event. Go to the Eastwind Books of Berkeley table. Moderator Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings is also available for purchase from the Eastwind Books' website, and available at the event. Books may be purchased only on Eastwind’s website HERE, due to San Jose City Hall regulations. No books can be sold onsite, only distributed. Use coupon code ‘DVAN’ at checkout and Eastwind can also provide free shipping to your home instead. Choose pick up or shipping at the online checkout. For more book purchase information contact Eastwind Books of Berkeley: [email protected] or visit: www.asiabookcenter.com THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Vietnamese American Roundtable The City of San Jose City of San Jose Councilmember Arjun Batra Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Eastwind Books of Berkeley Pacific Links Foundation The Progressive Vietnamese American Organization (PIVOT) City of San Jose Councilmember Bien Doan International Children Assistance Network (ICAN) For more info on the host and authors: Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) - Website | Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) - Instagram | Diasporic Vietnamese Artist Network (DVAN) - Facebook| Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) - Twitter | Diasporic Vietnamese Artist Network (DVAN) - LinkedIn | Diasporic Vietnamese Artist Network (DVAN) - Vimeo Viet Thanh Nguyen – Website | Viet Thanh Nguyen – Instagram | Viet Thanh Nguyen – Facebook Kathy Park Hong - Website | Kathy Park Hong - Instagram | Kathy Park Hong - Facebook ------------------- Please note, by registering for DVAN Áccented events via Eventbrite - DVAN may contact you with information about future events, programs, and donor/sponsor opportunities.

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