ÁCCENTED

Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network•dvan.org

Welcome to ÁCCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora, hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer, and Philip Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American Studies scholar and community activist. In 2020, DVAN developed and launched ÁCCENTED as a virtual program. Once a month, DVAN presents virtual events accessible to a global audience, showcasing writers, poets, visual artists, actors, filmmakers, and other cultural producers from the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora, to present their work and discuss topics important to them. Learn more at https://dvan.org/

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Vanessa Võ

Award-winning musician Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ converses with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen about the evolution of Vietnamese music and her creation of a contemporary sound. ABOUT THE GUEST Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ is one of the finest performers of Vietnamese traditional instruments in the world and a rapidly emerging composer. She dedicates her life to creating music by blending the wonderfully unique sounds of Vietnamese instruments with other music genres, and fusing deeply rooted Vietnames...

May 24, 2024•29 min

Tracey Lien

Debut novelist Tracey Lien converses with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen about her book "All That's Left Unsaid." ABOUT THE GUEST Tracey Lien was born and raised in southwestern Sydney, Australia. She earned her MFA at the University of Kansas and was previously a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. All That's Left Unsaid is her first novel.

May 17, 2024•29 min

Carolyn Huynh

Novelist Carolyn Huynh converses with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen about her book "The Fortunes of Jaded Women." ABOUT THE GUEST Carolyn Huynh loves writing about messy Asian women who never learn from their mistakes. After living up and down the west coast, she now resides in Los Angeles with her partner and her chaotic dog. When she's not writing, Carolyn daydreams about having iced coffee on a rooftop in Sài Gòn. The Fortunes of Jaded Women is her debut novel and was a Good Morni...

May 10, 2024•29 min

Bao Nguyen & Newt Nguyen

Pulitzer Prize-winning Host Viet Thanh Nguyen converses with Food Tik Toker Newt Nguyen and Filmmaker Bao Nguyen about the American Dream, finding community, and the way social media has impacted the evolution of art. This episode was made in collaboration with "A Magazine Curated By" featuring fashion designer Peter Do. ABOUT THE GUESTS Newton Nguyen is a Social Media star whose content speaks directly to newly minted quarantine bakers and cooks. The son of Vietnamese immigrants; as a young boy...

May 02, 2024•56 min

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