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Breaking Bread: Julie Mai Trần on Food, Memory, and Meaning in Vietnamese American Life

April 15, 2026 Communication Specialist

In your cookbook, you share that Mom’s Kitchen was your favorite “restaurant”, despite all that you had available growing up…

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Between Languages and Histories: Thuý Đinh on Criticism, Translation, and Diasporic Vietnamese Literature

April 9, 2026 Communication Specialist

What is your writing process like when working on essays or reviews as a literary critic? Are there certain works…

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Opening the Future: Đặng Thơ Thơ on Diasporic Storytelling and Translation

April 2, 2026 Communication Specialist

The naming for the Vietnamese language panel this year  is “Opening the Future,” or “Mở Tương Lai” which was a…

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Bridging Worlds: Tri C. Tran on Vietnamese, Spanish, and Literary Translation

Communication Specialist

Trong Vườn Mắt Em (2022) is unique because you translate directly from Spanish to Vietnamese, and bring short stories across various…

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Viet Book Fest Đưa Văn Chương Và Văn Hóa Việt Đến Thành Phố Santa Ana

March 30, 2026 Communication Specialist

Ngày 27 tháng 3, 2026 – Santa Ana, California – Hội Văn Học Nghệ Thuật Việt Mỹ (VAALA) (Vietnamese American…

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Moving as One: Peggy Nguyen on Vietnamese Zodiac, Storytelling, and Creative Community

March 25, 2026 Communication Specialist

What inspired you to create Zodiac Animals for Movers? What drew you to focus on the zodiac animals specifically, rather…

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Andrea Nguyen on Vietnamese Cuisine, Diaspora Stories, and Teaching Through Cookbooks

Communication Specialist

You published your first cookbook in 2006, and your seventh cookbook most recently in 2023. How did you choose your…

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VyVy Nguyen on Narrating Vietnamese and Vietnamese American Stories Across Genres

Communication Specialist

In Ánh’s New Word by Hanh Bùi, listeners follow a young Vietnamese refugee as she navigates learning English in a…

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Voicing Memory and Imagination: Quyên Ngô on Narrating Vietnamese and Vietnamese American Stories Across Generations

Communication Specialist

Simone by Viet Thanh Nguyen explores complex themes such as displacement, environmental challenges, and intergenerational experience, making it a uniquely…

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Voicing Vietnamese American Stories: Elyse Dinh on Audiobook Narration

March 24, 2026 Communication Specialist

Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter by Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao is a…

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