Festival America

Vincennes, FR

September 24-27

A unique event, Festival America welcomes approximately 70 authors from North America (United States, Canada, Quebec, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti) every two years to Vincennes (Val-de-Marne, France). Since 2002, its mission has been to celebrate the diversity of the transatlantic world—a cultural mosaic encompassing Indian, Hispanic, African, Anglo-Saxon, French, and Francophone influences—and to offer the public a deeper understanding of its cultural realities.

PANELS

September 24

• CES AMÉRICAINS VENUS D’AILLEURS with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Dinaw Mengestu, Rabih Alameddine, and Gabino Iglesias – 3:30PM
• VOIX D’AMÉRIQUE with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ron Rash, Tommy Orange, and Jesmyn Ward – 9PM

September 25

• OÙ VA L’AMÉRIQUE ? with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Addie E. Citchens, Chris Pavone, and Peter Van Agtmael – 5PM

September 26

• DE L’AUTOBIOGRAPHIE EN AMÉRIQUE with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Alison Bechdel and Julian Brave NoiseCat – 5PM
• AMÉRIQUE, TERRE D’EXIL with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Dinaw Mengestu, and Jeanine Cummins – 6:30PM
• LES BLESSURES DE L’AMÉRIQUE with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tommy Orange, and Jesmyn Ward – 9PM

September 27

• PETIT-DÉJEUNER AVEC UN AUTEUR with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joyce Maynard, Ron Rash, Bret Anthony Johnston, Natalie Adler, Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, and Noah Van Sciver – 10AM