# Event Details - **Event Name**: DVAN Reading Series | Hoangmai Pham in Conversation with Kathy L. Nguyễn - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event Description**: Join DVAN for a book talk with Hoangmai Pham, author of Bridge from Saigon!About this EventThe Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) proudly presents: Hoangmai Pham in Conversation with Kathy L. Nguyễn. This book talk is the latest installment of DVAN's quarterly reading series in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library.This event is FREE, but donations are always welcome. Your support helps DVAN continue organizing community events that support and amplify diasporic voices. For questions, please email us at hello@dvan.org.ABOUT THE READERHoangmai (Mai) Pham is a Vietnamese American refugee, physician, artist, mother, and debut memoirist. Bridge from Saigon, her first memoir, was shortlisted for Black Spring Press’s International Beverly Prize for Literature. At six, Mai fled with her family from Saigon on a cargo plane at the end of the war to the United States, and went on to earn degrees from Harvard and Hopkins, and other markers of a “model minority.” She has pursued answers to mysteries about her family and her own psychological journey with interviews, voyages back to Vietnam, and a scientific healer’s eye on her traumas. Mai was the first Chief Innovation Officer for Medicare and Medicaid. When not making change in American healthcare, she hosts a baking club and relishes in her “Zoomagogue” Jewish community. Learn more about Mai @ hoangmaipham.me.ABOUT THE MODERATORKathy L. Nguyễn is Co-Executive Director of the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN), a San Francisco-based literary arts nonprofit. She co-edited Troubling Borders: An Anthology of Art and Literature by Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora and was the editor of Nhà, an award-winning Vietnamese diasporic arts & culture magazine. Her work appears on NPR, KQED, and KALW, and in Fourteen Hills, Fringe, Women’s World, diaCRITICS, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of awards and fellowships from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Hedgebrook, Vashon Artist Residency, Tin House, and the Community of Writers.ABOUT DVANThe Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) is dedicated to moving the voices and stories of the Vietnamese diaspora from the margins to the center. For over 20 years, DVAN has supported diasporic writers and artists through community events, writing residencies, and publishing opportunities, ensuring their perspectives reshape and expand the broader cultural narrative.ABOUT THE DVANxSFPL READING SERIESA collaboration between DVAN and the San Francisco Public Library, this quarterly reading series has spotlighted Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diasporic writers and poets since 2024. Featuring both established and emerging voices, this program celebrates cultural heritage through powerful works that explore personal narratives, historical contexts, and the diverse identities shaping Southeast Asian artists today. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-francisco/dvan-reading-series-|-hoangmai-pham-in-conversation-with-kathy-l-nguyễn/100001988935556791 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: San Francisco - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Green Apple Books on the Park - **lat**: 37.765344 - **long**: -122.4666064 - **full address**: Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: DVAN Reading Series | Hoangmai Pham in Conversation with Kathy L. 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