Viet Thanh Nguyen is in conversation with John Keene, Wesley Ahn, and Judy Xie about the role of professors, and writers of the global majority, in supporting and shaping the education of young writers of color for PlayCo’s Lunch Table Talks. Read the transcript below. Carolina Do: Hi. Hello. Welcome everyone. My name is Carolina… (read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his personal experience as a refugee child, the separation of migrant children from their parents at the U.S. border, hate…(read more)
Hosted by Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute, panelists Viet Thanh Nguyen, Hoi Trinh, Lan Cao, Hang Nguyen, and John Phan discuss the contested…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Tommy Orange, and Laila Lalami are in conversation for the Aspen Institute. Read the transcript below. Cristal Logan: Welcome to the…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen and Janelle Wong discuss the importance of Asian American representation in popular culture for Cafe’s Stay Tuned with Preet. Why Anti-Asian…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen dicusses money, body image, and sex with Benjamin Law in this interview for The Sydney Morning Herald. Each week, Benjamin Law…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen and Chang-rae Lee share a conversation about constructing their novels, the relationship to history and more in this interview with Elizabeth…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen shares reflections on publishing, writing mysterious characters, and more in this conversation for the Library of Congress Nation Book Festival. Read…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses Afghan refugees and more on the bilingual show, Không Nói Không Biết Following last week’s discussion, we have Nguyễn Thanh…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks on The Committed, TV adaptation, and the publishing industry with Alice Pung for ABC Radio National’s Big Weekend of Books…(read more)
As a refugee from South Vietnam when he was four years old Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen’s work explores the convergence between politics and literature. The…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins author and lawyer Philippe Sands QC virtually at the Edinburgh Book Festival to discuss the real-life events that contributed to Nguyen’s novel,…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with Felicia Rose Chavez, Namrata Poddar, and Matthew Salesses on the dimensions and tension of Race and Power within writing…(read more)
Viet Thanh shares about the relationship between his work and the greater issues of soical justice and militarism for this keynote speech with Veterans…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen reads from The Committed and reflects on what could happen after a revolution for the San Diego Tribue Festival of Books.…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins Annette Gordon-Reed and Kevin Young for a conversation hosted by the Phi Beta Kappa society. Watch our conversation with award-winning…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen was appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. The purpose of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is the recognition of significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the propagation of these fields.
Viet Thanh Nguyen is to speak at Purchase College with professor Usha Rungoo as a part of the Durst Distinguished Lecture series. Purchase College-SUNY will present the highly acclaimed author Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Purchase Professor Usha Rungoo on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. The program, which is free and open to the public,… (read more)
The Phi Beta Kappa Society has named Viet Thanh Nguyen as the recipient of its Sidney Hook Memorial Award. Phi Beta Kappa presented the award to Nguyen on August 3rd at the 46th Triennial Council of the Society. The award, established in 1991 in memory of the distinguished American philosopher and Phi Beta Kappa member Sidney Hook (1902–1989), recognizes national distinction… (read more)
