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• Common Wealth Club | 91st Annual California Book Awards

  The jury of the California Book Awards has selected this year’s Gold and Silver Medal winners for its 2022 awards. One of the oldest and most distinguished literary award programs in the nation will be holding a virtual Awards ceremony on June 6, at 6 p.m for the Common Wealth Club. SILVER MEDALS FICTIONThe Committed, Viet Thanh… (read more)

• Franklin & Marshall College | Class of 2022 Commencement Speaker: Viet Thanh Nguyen

  Viet Thanh Nguyen will be conferred a Honorary Degree, Doctor of  Letters, Honoris Causa at the Commencement ceremony for Franklin & Marshall College. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and numerous other awards. His most recent publication is the sequel to The Sympathizer, The Committed. His other books are a short story collection, The Refugees; Nothing… (read more)

• International Rescue Committee | Kenneth French, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Abraham Verghese Elected

  New York, NY, March 31, 2022 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) welcomed five new members to the Board of Directors. As transformational leaders, visionaries, and experts in their respective fields Kerwin Charles, Victoria Long Foley, Kenneth French, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Abraham Verghese will help advance the IRC’s global humanitarian mission. With accountability for the… (read more)