This article by Viet Thanh Nguyen was posted in the New York Times on June 20, 2016. A version of this oped appears in…(read more)
Today is what many Vietnamese in the diaspora call “Black April.” For them it is the anniversary of the Fall of Saigon. I understand…(read more)
The Los Angeles Times has assembled a panel of distinguished and diverse writers who will regularly contribute to the Books section. The 10 authors who make…(read more)
The Asian American Literary Review does great work. Now they have a new issue out on (Re)Collecting the Vietnam War, and it’s really beautiful,…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen reviews Erika Lee’s The Making of Asian America: A History. Originally posted by the Los Angeles Times on September 3, 2015.…(read more)
This article by Viet Thanh Nguyen was originally published in The New York Times on April 24, 2015. A version of this oped appears…(read more)
Michael Eric Dyson’s “Where Do We Go after Ferguson?” made diaCRITICS editor Viet Thanh Nguyen think about how hard it is to change attitudes about race. …(read more)
The author writes about the real people who appear in his forthcoming novel, The Sympathizer. I received the copyedited manuscript of my novel today. Attached…(read more)
‘Refugee Memories and Asian American Critique’ was originally published in positions: asia critique, volume 20, number 20, pages 911-942 (2012). Shades of Past,…(read more)
“Just Memory: War and the Ethics of Remembrance” was originally published in American Literary History, volume 25, issue no. 1, pages 144 – 163 (Spring…(read more)
…this is for fighting, this is for fun. This is an article about the recent massacre of six Sikh Americans by a white supremacist…(read more)
There are some things we should be angry about, but we need to be artful in expressing that anger. The issue here is that…(read more)
Tet passed recently, and Vietnamese holidays always make me think about what it means to be Vietnamese, or not Vietnamese. I’m less interested in…(read more)
“War, Memory and the Future” was originally published in The Asian American Literary Review, volume 2, issue no. 1, pages 277 – 288 (Winter/Spring…(read more)
I didn’t know Trinh Cong Son was in a movie until I saw Đất Khổ (Land of Sorrows). Filmed in 1971, the movie is set…(read more)
I was twenty-one years old when I started studying for my doctorate in English. Isabelle Thuy Pelaud was a friend of mine, and had…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen in Festival America From September 21-25, Viet Thanh Nguyen will be participating in Festival America in Vincennes, France. This year, “Voices of America” will celebrate its 20th anniversary, and feature around 70 authors from North America in hundreds of lectures and panel discussions. Since 2002, this biannual festival has been dedicated to… (read more)
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)
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)
