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Book Talk & Signing - The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • UCLA Kaplan Hall, 415 Portola Plaza , Los Angeles
Free
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A promotional image. The top half has a narrow pink horizontal stroke, a large black horizontal stroke, and a narrow green and tan horizontal stroke. Large off-white and tan text in block letters reads "The Cleaving. Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora." The bottom half of the image has photographs of the three editors of The Cleaving, divided into thirds. The left photo features author Isabelle Thuy Pelaud. From the chest up she has light brown skin tone and dark brown hair to her clavicle. She wears reddish-purple lipstick and is smiling. She wears a dark gray collared shirt with a plaid pattern. The middle image is professor Lan P. Duong. From the chest up she has light tan skin tone and light brown hair. She wears reddish lipstick and smiles looking straight at the camera. She wears a sleeveless orange-saffron blouse with an overlapping neckline. The right photo is professor and novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen. He is photographed from the waist up. He has light skin tone and short black hair that is longer on top, parted slightly to his left and combed straight back and upward. He wears a black v-neck shirt and a blue sportcoat. He is looking straight at the camera and smiling.
(UC Press)

Join The Cleaving editors Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong and Viet Thanh Nguyen, alongside contributors Lan Cao and Le Ly Hayslip in conversation. The Cleaving brings together Vietnamese artists and writers from around the world in conversation about their craft.

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Address:
UCLA Kaplan Hall
415 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095

COST: Free