Bridging Cultures & Generations:
A Conversation on Vietnamese American Literature
Saturday, May 7 3-5 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
Second floor, Rooms 225-229
150 East San Fernando Street
San José
FEATURING AWARD-WINNING & CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED AUTHORS:
Angie Chau, Quiet As They Come
Andrew Lam, East Eats West
Isabelle Pelaud, This Is All I Choose to Tell
The San Francisco Chronicle described ANGIE CHAU'S Quiet As They Come as "a powerful mix of tragedy and kindness, of miscommunications and all-too-painful empathy, which bound together are a resonating homage to many an immigrant." She was born in Vietnam and now lives in Eddie Money's former studio in Oakland.
ANDREW LAM is a writer and a co-founder of New America Media. Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora has won the Pen American "Beyond the Margins" Award in 2006, and was short-listed for "Asian American Literature Award."East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres was published in October 2010 and listed as top ten indie books by Shelf Unbound Magazine.
ISABELLE PELAUD is associate professor in Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and author of This Is All I Choose To Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN).
A Conversation on Vietnamese American Literature
Saturday, May 7 3-5 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
Second floor, Rooms 225-229
150 East San Fernando Street
San José
FEATURING AWARD-WINNING & CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED AUTHORS:
Angie Chau, Quiet As They Come
Andrew Lam, East Eats West
Isabelle Pelaud, This Is All I Choose to Tell
The San Francisco Chronicle described ANGIE CHAU'S Quiet As They Come as "a powerful mix of tragedy and kindness, of miscommunications and all-too-painful empathy, which bound together are a resonating homage to many an immigrant." She was born in Vietnam and now lives in Eddie Money's former studio in Oakland.
ANDREW LAM is a writer and a co-founder of New America Media. Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora has won the Pen American "Beyond the Margins" Award in 2006, and was short-listed for "Asian American Literature Award."East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres was published in October 2010 and listed as top ten indie books by Shelf Unbound Magazine.
ISABELLE PELAUD is associate professor in Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and author of This Is All I Choose To Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN).
