Reading with Ben Tran & Andrew

Sun 28 Mar, 7.30 pm
Tadioto

Following a successful event with the poetry of Miguel Hernandez, Tadioto continues its literary series with a reading by two outstanding Vietnamese American writers: Ben Tran and Andrew Lam.

Ben Tran is a fiction writer and literary critic. He has published a numerous works, from literary reviews and translations to academic and creative works, in International Poetry, Michigan Quarterly Review, positions, Pacific Time Public Radio, among others. His fiction looks at the disorienting world of Vietnamese emigres, while his research focuses on the literary and cultural history of Vietnam’s colonial period. He currently lives in Nashville and teaches at Vanderbilt University.

Andrew Lam is a syndicated writer and an editor with New America Media and a regular commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered. He co-founded New California Media, an association of 400 ethnic media organizations in California. His essays have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country, including The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Chicago Tribune. He has also written essays for magazines such as Mother Jones, The Nation, San Francisco Focus, Proult Journal, and Earth Island Journal. His book, Perfume Dreams: Reflections On The Vietnamese Diaspora (Heyday Books), recently won the Pen American “Beyond the Margins” Award. His short stories are anthologized in several literary journals, publish his short stories, including: Manoa Journal, Crab Orchard Review, Nimrod International, Zyzzyva, and Transfer Magazine. Lam’s awards include the Society of Professional Journalists’ Outstanding Young Journalist Award (1993), The Media Alliance Meritorious award (1994), The World Affairs Council’s Excellence in International Journalism Award (1992), the Rockefeller Fellowship at UCLA (1992), and the Asian American Journalists Association National Award (1993 and 1995). Lam was born in Vietnam and came to the United States in 1975 when he was 11 years old. He has a master’s degree from San Francisco State University and a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from UC Berkeley.