Schedule

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
Bienville Building, Conference Center 118

Remembering, Reimagining, Becoming: Vietnamese Identity 50 Years After the War
Acclaimed author and co-editor Thi Bui and artist Sam Nga Blum discuss the evolution of Vietnamese diaspora identity with journalist Serena Puang. Using Bui's memoir, The Best We Could Do, as a touchstone for remembering the refugee experience, they will explore how contemporary writers and artists—as seen in the experimental and wide-ranging McSweeney's 78: The Make Believers—are now actively reimagining and creating a new, eclectic cultural language for what it means to be becoming Vietnamese in the world today.

1:15 pm to 2:00 pm
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing