Join us at OACC for a powerful author talk and reading with author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai and her new novel, Dust Child. Author Thi Bui will moderate a discussion with Quế Mai about intergenerational trauma, racism, the cost of war, and healing and reconciliation among the Vietnamese community and between Vietnam and the United States.

“Scenes of past and present Việt Nam come alive in these pages, drawing you into the lives of a handful of characters who become like your family, and in whose stories lies the heartbreaking story of Việt Nam’s complicated relationship with America. With her generous heart and unmatched ability to write across languages and cultures, Quế Mai is the perfect guide for the wounded who search for home and healing.” -Thi Bui, American Book Award-winning author of The Best We Could Do and illustrator of Finding Papa.

Eastwind Books of Berkeley will be vending at the event and will have copies of Quế Mai and Thi’s books available for purchase. The authors will be available to sign and personalize books for readers at the end of the event. Pre-order Dust Child using the code DVAN10, and Eastwind Books will generously donate 10% of title books sales to DVAN’s publishing series to publish books about the Vietnamese experience in order to fight against invisibility and misrepresentation.

This event is brought to you by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Algonquin Books, Pacific Links Foundation, English Department of UC Berkeley, PIVOT, Stories of Vietnam, and Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network.

The event is free but please register: