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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Viet Thanh Nguyen and Naomi Hirahara
LOCATION:Buena Vista Branch Library\nBuena Vista Branch Library
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DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer Prize-winning author and USC Professor Viet Thanh Ngu
 yen joins the acclaimed writer Naomi Hirahara for a special afternoon conv
 ersation..\nhttps://burbank.libnet.info/event/10572486
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The two authors will dive into a discussio
 n of Nguyen&rsquo\;s 2023 memoir\, A Man of Two Faces&mdash\;a formally in
 ventive mix of history\, personal reflection\, and the story of his family
 &rsquo\;s forced migration from Vietnam to the United States. With a wry a
 nd ironic sense of humor\, Nguyen offers us a tender view into his family&
 rsquo\;s history\; the truth\, ironies\, and lies behind the so-called Ame
 rican Dream\; and how he has come to understand his role as a writer at th
 is specific moment in American life.</p>\n<p><a href="https://vietnguyen.i
 nfo/author-viet-thanh-nguyen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Viet 
 Thanh Nguyen</strong></a> won the Pulitzer Prize in 2016 for his novel\, <
 a href="https://burb.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=
 the+sypathizer&amp\;te=&amp\;rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle">The Sym
 pathizer</a>. His latest book\, <a href="https://burb.ent.sirsi.net/client
 /en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS
 :463538/one?qu=a+man+of+two+faces&amp\;rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitl
 e">A Man of Two Faces</a>\, is an unconventional memoir that intertwines h
 is personal narrative as a Vietnamese refugee with broader themes of colon
 ization\, war\, and perceptions about America.</p>\n<p><a href="https://ww
 w.naomihirahara.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Naomi Hirahar
 a</strong></a> is an Edgar Award-winning author of multiple traditional my
 stery series and noir short stories. Her acclaimed Mas Arai mysteries\, pu
 blished in Japanese\, Korean\, and French\, feature a Los Angeles gardener
  and Hiroshima survivor who uncovers crimes amidst the city's diverse back
 drop.</p>\n<p><strong>This is a Literary LA event.</strong></p>\nhttps://b
 urbank.libnet.info/event/10572486
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