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Dust Child

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Dust Child - An afternoon with Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Author

2023-04-01 13:00:00 2023-04-01 14:00:00 America/New_York Dust Child - An afternoon with Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Author Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library - East Storefront A & B

Saturday, April 01
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-04-01 13:00:00 2023-04-01 14:00:00 America/New_York Dust Child - An afternoon with Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Author A discussion Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai for her new book Dust Child Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library - East Storefront A & B

A discussion Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai for her new book Dust Child

Join the Library, Loyalty Bookstores, the Vietnam Society, the Mayor's Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs for a special conversation with celebrated poet and book author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai to discuss her new book, Dust Child, and her passion for literary exchanges to foster peace and reconciliation. She has authored 11 books, including The Mountains Sing, a powerful, multigenerational fictional tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrops of rarely documented historical events in Vietnam. The Mountains Sing has become an international bestseller, and was runner-up for the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner of the 2020 BookBrowse Best Debut Award, the 2021 International Book Awards, the 2021 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, and the 2020 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for Fiction. Quế Mai's writing has been translated into twenty languages and has appeared in major publications including the New York Times. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She was named by Forbes Vietnam as one of 20 inspiring women of 2021.

Moderated by Eric Nguyen, author of the novel Things We Lost in the Water and editor in chief of diaCRITICS, an online site that highlights art, literature, and stories from writers, artists, and culture-makers of the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing, and a limited number of free copies will be available courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundaion. 

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Women's History Month | Author Talk |

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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202-H Consultation Room,202-I Consultation Room

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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302-F Meeting Room (2-6 Person Capacity)

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Auditorium

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-B Accessibility Program Room

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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205-B Accessibility Program Room

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Auditorium

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202-H Consultation Room,202-I Consultation Room

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205-H Accessibility Program Room

Fri, Apr 07, 10:30am - 12:30pm
202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Fri, Apr 07, 11:00am - 12:00pm
401-G Conference Room (6-46 Person Capacity_

Fri, Apr 07, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Sat, Apr 08, 10:00am - 3:30pm
Auditorium

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Canceled
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401-E Conference Room (20-46 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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401-G Conference Room (6-46 Person Capacity_

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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204-F Youth Program Room

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Auditorium

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202-H Consultation Room,202-I Consultation Room

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204-F Youth Program Room

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-B Accessibility Program Room

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205-H Accessibility Program Room

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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204-F Youth Program Room

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204-F Youth Program Room

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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302-F Meeting Room (2-6 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

Thu, Apr 20, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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205-B Accessibility Program Room

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401-E Conference Room (20-46 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-H Accessibility Program Room

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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401-G Conference Room (6-46 Person Capacity_

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401-E Conference Room (20-46 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

Sat, Apr 22, 10:30am - 12:30pm
202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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205-B Accessibility Program Room

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Mon, Apr 24, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Mon, Apr 24, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
401-G Conference Room (6-46 Person Capacity_

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202-J Consultation Room

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

Tue, Apr 25, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
204-F Youth Program Room

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Auditorium

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204-F Youth Program Room

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Wed, Apr 26, 11:00am - 12:00pm

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

Wed, Apr 26, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

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Thu, Apr 27, 11:30am - 1:00pm
202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Thu, Apr 27, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
205-B Accessibility Program Room

Thu, Apr 27, 1:00pm - 1:30pm

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205-J Computer Lab (21 Person Capacity)

Thu, Apr 27, 2:15pm - 3:15pm
205-B Accessibility Program Room

Thu, Apr 27, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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205-H Accessibility Program Room

Fri, Apr 28, 10:30am - 12:00pm
205-H Accessibility Program Room

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Fri, Apr 28, 11:00am - 12:00pm
401-G Conference Room (6-46 Person Capacity_

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202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Sat, Apr 29, 10:30am - 12:30pm
202-O Computer Lab (17 Person Capacity)

Canceled
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