Nam Le’s Story Collection, <em>The Boat</em>

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Nam Le’s debut story collection, The Boat, has gotten great reviews. Its stories are set in a wide range of places --- including Colombian slums, Iowa, and a boat in the South China Sea.

Events: Nam Le will be reading as part of Open City’s Park Lit reading series
Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30 pm
Fort Greene Park, Visitor’s Center
De Kalb at Washington Park, Brooklyn

Nam Le will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, June 19 at 7 pm
Book Court
163 Court Street, Brooklyn (between Pacific and Dean Streets)

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