Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 4–5 PM EST
Location: Think!Chinatown (1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002)
Join us for an Author Meet & Greet, featuring Vietnamese diaspora authors Amy M. Le, Kimberly Nguyễn, and Ly Tran.
Enjoy live readings, get your books signed, and connect with the writers behind these powerful stories. While you’re here, explore the Our Journeys exhibition—an intimate look at the Vietnamese diaspora through personal narratives, artifacts, and art.
RSVP here for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vietnamese-diaspora-author-meet-and-greet-tickets-1697849175589
Our Journeys is a traveling exhibition on display until September 28, 2025, at Think!Chinatown's Studio. Following the NYC debut, Our Journeys will tour cities across the U.S. Visit the Vietnamese Boat People website for more details.
👉www.vietnameseboatpeople.org/exhibition
EXHIBITION PUBLIC HOURS
Sept 7-28, 2025
Free Admission. Hours: Friday 3-6pm, Sat-Sun 1-5pm
1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002
Hosted by: Think!Chinatown
For private group tours, please contact sophia@vietnameseboatpeople.org
FEATURED AUTHORS:
Amy M. Le is the award-winning author of The Snow Trilogy (Snow in Vietnam, Snow in Seattle, and Snow’s Kitchen). She is also the Founder and CEO of Quill Hawk Publishing, dedicated to amplifying diverse voices one story at a time.
Kimberly Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American diaspora poet originally from Omaha, Nebraska, but now living in New York City. She was a 2021 Emerging Voices Fellow at PEN America and was a 2022-2023 Poetry Coalition Fellow. She is the author of Here I Am Burn Me (Write Bloody, 2022).
Ly Tran is the author of the acclaimed memoir, House of Sticks, which details her family's immigration from Vietnam to Queens, New York, their struggles with poverty and cultural identity, and her journey from a nail salon technician to a writer. She graduated from Columbia University and has received fellowships from the MacDowell, Art Omi, and Yaddo foundations.
About the Exhibition
Our Journeys is a curated multimedia experience, inspired by the interviews and content generated by the Vietnamese Boat People podcast and programs. It is developed around the core concept that a story passed down is a gift—something given to another with intention and without obligation. For a community whose stories have often been told by others, this exhibit centers the voices of the Vietnamese diaspora, reclaiming the narrative through personal stories, photographs, displays, and video essays. Visitors will be immersed in the resilience, legacy, and diversity of our community’s lived experiences.
The Vietnamese Boat People is a tax-deductible IRS 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization; sponsors will receive a tax receipt and letter for their contributions.
