Events
events
A comprehensive overview of events Viet will be participating in, from literary panels to commencement speeches. Many of these events are open to the public!
Please email Kevin Mills of The Tuesday Agency to inquire about Viet to talk at your event.
Upcoming Events
African American Policy Forum | The New McCarthyism: Why Authoritarians Fear Storytellers
Join us in-person at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival for The Story of Us presents, “The New McCarthyism: Why Authoritarians Fear Storytellers” on January 22 at 7pm, The Park, 150 Iron Horse Drive in Park City, UT. This will be the final Sundance Festival held at Park City and promises to be a fitting close to four […]
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Past Events
ÁCCENTED | The Make Believers: New Year, New Drafts
OVERVIEW Join DVAN for our 52nd episode of ÁCCENTED, featuring writers Thi Bui and Vu Tran in conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen! EVENT DETAILS Thursday, January 15, 2026 • 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET This event is FREE. Please register in advance to receive a link to join the virtual […]
ÁCCENTED | Bao Nguyen in Conversation With Viet Thanh Nguyen
Overview Join DVAN for our 51st episode of ÁCCENTED, featuring award-winning filmmaker Bao Nguyen in conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen! EVENT DETAILS Thursday, December 18, 2025 • 8:00 PM PT / 11:00 PM ET This event is FREE. Please register in advance to receive a link to join the virtual conversation. ABOUT THE GUEST Bao Nguyen is […]
Charleston Literary Festival | Viet Thanh Nguyen with Bilal Qureshi – To Save and to Destroy
Professor and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen joins us to discuss his latest essay collection. Originally delivered as the prestigious Norton Lectures, To Save and to Destroy is a personal and sweeping meditation on the outsider in literary history and the role of the writer in the world at large. The essays proffer a new answer […]
ÁCCENTED | Ocean Vuong in conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Join DVAN for our special 50th episode of ÁCCENTED, featuring award-winning writer Ocean Vuong in conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen!This event is FREE. Please register in advance to receive a link to join the virtual conversation. ABOUT THE GUEST Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a […]
WIDA | Keynote Speaker: Viet Thanh Nguyen
This conference, by teachers, for teachers, is the premier event for educators of PreK-12 multilingual learners, giving educators the opportunity to share best practices and discover innovative classroom strategies. The in-person conference will take place October 28-30, 2025 in Seattle, Washington under the theme “igniting innovation for multilingual learners.” Viet Thanh Nguyen will be among the selected […]
USC Visions and Voices | Blue Dragon, White Tiger: Recovering Vietnamese Diasporic Literature and Reclaiming History
DESCRIPTION:Marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, and celebrating the republication of Blue Dragon, White Tiger by Trần Văn Dĩnh—the first novel by a Vietnamese writer to be published in English—novelist Kevin Nguyen, poet and filmmaker Cathy Linh Che, and Australian novelist André Dao will read from Văn Dĩnh’s novel and present their own work. The readings will […]
KALW | ACCENTED: Daughters, Fathers, and Queens
Focusing on intergenerational relationships, the way trauma is passed down, the power of reclaiming history and reshaping the future. ÁCCENTED is a talk show and podcast that fosters engaging and culturally insightful conversations within the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora. Since its launch in 2020, DVAN has uplifted hundreds of writers, poets, visual artists, actors, filmmakers, […]
Litquake | SongWriter Live featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen and Thao Nguyen
In this live recording of the SongWriter podcast with creator and host Ben Arthur, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen will share a story from his recent book To Save and To Destroy, SFSU’s Russell Jeung will speak about belonging and identity, and local favorite Thao Nguyen, formerly of the Get Down Stay Down, will perform a brand-new song written in response. Doors at 6:30pm.
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