Apr
2

2024 Kim T. Adamson Lecture: The Best We Could Do with Thi Bui

  • Westminster University | Jones Recital Hall in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts (map)
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April 2 • 5:00 pm • Salt Lake City, UT

In this presentation, artist Thi Bui discusses her powerful, award-winning graphic novel, The Best We Could Do, which chronicles the anguish of immigration during her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s.

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Mar
16

Echoes of the Past: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Writing the Vietnamese-American Story | Moderated by: Thi Bui

  • Tulane University | Savage Gollner Stage | Diboll Gallery (map)
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March 16 • 10:00–10:45 am • New Orleans, LA

The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University brings the world’s leading authors to the university’s uptown campus for a multi-day celebration for book lovers of all ages. Viet Thanh Nguyen will be speaking about his work with Thi Bui on Saturday, March 16th.

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Immigration, Identity, and the Arts: The Best We Could Do
Jun
1

Immigration, Identity, and the Arts: The Best We Could Do

  • 262 University Avenue West Saint Paul, MN, 55103 United States (map)
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June 1 • 4:30 pm PT / 6:30 pm CT • Saint Paul, MN + Virtual Appearance

Bao Phi and Thi Bui will be our featured guests for this event (Bui participating virtually). They will be joined by Chinese pipa player and composer Gao Hong and Hmong composer Kevin Phoojywg Xiong, who will share their own musical responses.

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Book in Common: Thi Bui
Apr
5

Book in Common: Thi Bui

  • California State University Chico, Laxson Auditorium (map)
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Wednesday, April 5 • 7:30 pm • Chico, CA

Artist and author Thi Bui will speak about her debut graphic novel memoir, The Best We Could Do. Tickets free for Chico State and Butte College students.

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48 Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Continued Conversation About Empathy & Healing
Mar
17

48 Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Continued Conversation About Empathy & Healing

Friday, March 17 • 6:00 pm • Oakland, CA

Join us at OACC for a powerful author talk and reading with author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai and her new novel, Dust Child. Author Thi Bui will moderate a discussion with Quế Mai about intergenerational trauma, racism, the cost of war, and healing and reconciliation among the Vietnamese community and between Vietnam and the United States.

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Mar
22

Reading Together 2022 — Meet the Author: Thi Bui

Tuesday, March 22 • 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET • Virtual

Kalamazoo Public Library is pleased to announce its Reading Together 2022 title, The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by award-winning author and cartoonist Thi Bui. Meet the author virtually on KPL’s live streaming event site, KPL Live.

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May
1

46 Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Conversation About Empathy & Healing

Saturday, May 1 • 5:30 pm PT / 8:30 pm ET • Virtual

In commemoration of the 46th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, Quế Mai, author of The Mountains Sing, and Thi Bui, 2018 Caldecott Honor winner and Eisner Award finalist for her illustrated memoir, The Best We Could Do, will join in a special conversation with Philip Nguyen, President of the Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (UNAVSA).

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