Hao Phan, Curator of the Southeast Asia collection, will read some of his poems and discuss his writing as an immigrant existing between two cultures and languages on Friday, October 6 at noon as part of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture Series. For more information see here. He is the author of three collections of poetry written in Vietnamese and two collections of poetry translated into English. His recent book, Paper Bells (The Song Cave, 2021), translated by Hai-Dang Phan, was on the Longlist of the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards for poetry in translation and the Shortlist of the 2021 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize.
