Heyday Presents: Steve Wasserman and Viet Thanh Nguyen on “Books, Politics, and the Higher Gossip,” celebrating Wasserman’s new book published by Heyday, Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It’s a Lie.

Join us for an evening of engaging conversation as authors Steve Wasserman and Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss storied lives: both on and off the page.

Doors open at 5:45 pm and our discussion will kick off just after 6 pm with audience Q&A to follow. A casual reception with light refreshments will follow the conversation. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to delve into the remarkable works of these accalimed authors and gain insights into their work. The event will take place at the home of Amy Wilentz and Nick Goldberg at 111 S. Norton Ave Los Angeles, CA 90004.

Steve Wasserman is publisher of Heyday. A 1974 graduate of UC Berkeley, he holds a degree in criminology. His past positions include being deputy editor of the op-ed page and opinion section of the Los Angeles Times; editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review; editorial director of New Republic Books; publisher and editorial director of Hill and Wang at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and of the Noonday Press; editorial director of Times Books at Random House; and editor at large for Yale University Press. A former partner of the literacy agency Kneerim & Williams, he represented many authors, including Christopher Hitchens, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Scheer, and David Thomson. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was turned into an HBO limited series. The recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, his most recent publication is A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial. His next book is To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other, forthcoming from Harvard University Press in 2025. He teaches at the University of Southern California, where he is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English.