ÁCCENTED: Ghost Wars

Established in 2007 by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and Professor Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) has dedicated over 15 years to uplifting and fostering the voices of diasporic Vietnamese and Southeast Asian literary artists. Recognizing the gaps in representation within book publishing, academia, and popular culture, DVAN became a standalone 501(c)3 nonprofit in July 2022. By nurturing the next generation of Southeast Asian writers, artists, and cultural producers, we reclaim and redefine our diaspora’s narrative and our place in the world.

Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN)

Join us LIVE for the 48th episode of ÁCCENTED featuring Cathy Linh Che and Chris Santiago!

<h2>WELCOME</h2>DVAN is thrilled to host our 48th episode of ÁCCENTED, “Ghost Wars: The Intimate Afterlives of Conflict " featuring writers Cathy Linh Che and Chris Santiago in conversation with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen, pulitzer-prize winning author, and Philip Nguyen, Vietnamese-American studies scholar. <h2>DETAILS</h2>Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | 6:00 PM PSTEvent is FREE | Virtual | All ticket holders will receive a special Zoom webinar invitation 24 hours prior to the show. One ticket per person, per email. <h2>ABOUT THE GUESTS</h2>Chris Santiago is the author of Small Wars Manual, forthcoming from Milkweed Editions in April 2025, and Tula, winner of the 2016 Lindquist &amp; Vennum Prize for Poetry and a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. His poems have appeared in POETRY, Conduit, Copper Nickel, Poetry Northwest, Beloit Poetry Journal, American Public Media’s The Slowdown, and elsewhere. The recipient of fellowships from the McKnight Foundation, the Mellon Foundation/ACLS, and Kundiman, he is a graduate of Oberlin College and received his PhD from the University of Southern California (USC)’s Literature &amp; Creative Writing Program. He teaches creative writing, sound studies, and Asian American literature in the School of Critical Studies at CalArts and has also taught at USC and at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.Cathy Linh Che is a writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of Becoming Ghost (Washington Square Press, 2025), Split (Alice James Books) and co-author, with Kyle Lucia Wu, of the children’s book An Asian American A to Z: a Children’s Guide to Our History (Haymarket Books). Becoming Ghost was longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry. Her video installation Appocalips is an Open Call commission with The Shed NY, and her film We Were the Scenery won the Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction at the Sundance Film Festival. She teaches as Core Faculty in Poetry at the low residency MFA program in Creative Writing at Antioch University in Los Angeles and works as Executive Director at Kundiman. She lives in New York City. <h2>ABOUT THE HOSTS</h2>Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and numerous other awards. His most recent publication is A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial. His other books are the sequel to The Sympathizer, The Committed; a short story collection, The Refugees; Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War (a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award in General Nonfiction); and Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America. He has also published Chicken of the Sea, a children’s book written in collaboration with his son, Ellison. He is a University Professor at the University of Southern California. A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, he is also the editor of The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, and the forthcoming children’s book Simone illustrated by Minnie PhanPHILIP NGUYEN is the emcee for ÁCCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora presented by the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN). He teaches Asian American Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, and is the Executive Director for the Vietnamese American Roundtable, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in California’s South Bay Area. Philip has formerly served as the President of the Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (UNAVSA) and as the Co-Chair of the Young Vietnamese Americans (YVA) Committee for PIVOT - The Progressive Vietnamese American Organization. <h2>ABOUT THE DJ</h2>DJ Âm Thanh (Thanh Tân) is a Vietnamese American filmmaker, cultural curator, and DJ based in Seattle. Inspired by her father’s love of music and her mother’s vast collection of Paris By Night shows, she curates vibrant sets that span from rare pre-1975 Vietnamese vinyl to the post-war anthems and medleys that sustained the diaspora. As a longtime journalist and co-founder of SEA Vinyl Society and creator of Kho Tàng Nhạc Vàng / South Vietnam’s Golden Music Archive, Thanh preserves ephemera such as vinyl records and music sheets as a means to reimagine the role that soundscapes and stories can play in connecting younger generations to our complicated collective history — hopefully culminating in more joy, trust and understanding. ------------------- <h2>For more info on the host, guests, and sponsors:</h2><a href="https://dvan.org/" title="https://dvan.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) - Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weare_dvan/" title="https://www.instagram.com/weare_dvan/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) - Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DiasporicVietnameseArtistsNetwork/" title="https://www.facebook.com/DiasporicVietnameseArtistsNetwork/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Diasporic Vietnamese Artist Network (DVAN) - Facebook</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/dia_CRITICS" title="https://twitter.com/dia_CRITICS" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) - Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/diasporic-vietnamese-artists-network-dvan" title="https://www.linkedin.com/company/diasporic-vietnamese-artists-network-dvan" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Diasporic Vietnamese Artist Network (DVAN) - LinkedIn </a>| <a href="https://vimeo.com/user134824080" title="https://vimeo.com/user134824080" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Diasporic Vietnamese Artist Network (DVAN) - Vimeo</a><a href="https://vietnguyen.info/" title="https://vietnguyen.info/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Viet Thanh Nguyen - Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/viet_t_nguyen/" title="https://www.instagram.com/viet_t_nguyen/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Viet Thanh Nguyen - Instagram</a><a href="https://twitter.com/aphilipnguyen" title="https://twitter.com/aphilipnguyen" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Philip Nguyen - Twitter </a>|<a href="https://www.instagram.com/aphilipnguyen/?hl=en" title="https://www.instagram.com/aphilipnguyen/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Philip Nguyen - Instagram</a> -------------------Please note, by registering for DVAN's ÁCCENTED events via Eventbrite - DVAN may contact you with information about future events, programs, and donor/sponsor opportunities.

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