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Author: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child

A partnership with Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) and The Ruby SF.
Thursday, 3/16/2023
7:00 - 8:30
The Ruby SF

23rd and Bryant
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States

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A celebration of Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai's new book, Dust Child, a suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam. Moderated by Nancy Jooyoun Kim.

 

Born and raised in Việt Nam, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is the author of The Mountains Sing, runner-up for the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner of the 2020 BookBrowse Best Debut Award, the 2021 International Book Awards, the 2021 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award and the 2020 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for Fiction. She has published twelve books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction and has received some of the top literary prizes in Việt Nam. Her writing has been translated into twenty languages and has appeared in major publications, including the New York Times. She has a PhD in creative writing from Lancaster University. She is an advocate for the rights of disadvantaged groups in Việt Nam and has founded several scholarship programs, and she was named by Forbes Vietnam as one of twenty inspiring women of 2021. 

 

A partnership with Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) and The Ruby SF.

Books available from Green Apple Books. 

Doors open at 6:30, event starts at 7 p.m.

 

Connect: 

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai - Website | Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai - Instagram | Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai - Twitter | Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai - Faceboo

 

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