Linh Dinh is a Vietnamese-American poet, fiction writer, and essayist. He is the author of two collections of short stories, five books of poems, a novel, and numerous translations of Vietnamese poetry and fiction. He is the recipient of a Pew Foundation grant, the David T. Wong Fellowship, a Lannan Residency and the Asian American Literary award. Dinh is a 2013 Avenali Resident Fellow in the department of South & Southeast Asian Studies.

Linh Dinh will read from his Vietnamese writings and discuss how they differ from his English works, and why he feels compelled to write in both languages.

Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by Center for Southeast Asia Studies and Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies.