Viet Thanh Nguyen recounts his memory of the Vietnamese grocery store his parents owned in this essay for CBS News. Author Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016 with his debut novel, “The Sympathizer.” Nguyen was only 4 years old when he and his family escaped the Vietnam War for the… (read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks on how the creation of Chicken of the Sea allowed him to bond with his son, Ellison, at the LA…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about narrative scarcity and what it means to create narrative plenitude in this interview for the LA Times Festival of…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with Jinwoo Chong about anti-Asian sentiments, writing, and the publishing industry for Columbia Journal. Jinwoo Chong, online editor at Columbia Journal,…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with Marco Werman about the political gap within the Vietnamese American community for The World. Vietnamese Americans traditionally vote Republican.…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with Stuart Carson for The Daily Trojan about Asian American anger, identity, and more. Asian Americans should be more angry. …(read more)
Asia Society Executive Director S. Alice Mong interviews acclaimed novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, a Pulitzer Prize winner and first Asian-American Pulitzer board member. They…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins Gilbert King with Min Jin Lee to talk about the proxy Cold Wars, Asian America, and more for the Dayton…(read more)
Victoria Namkung interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen about the growth of Asian American literature and what that means now for NBC News. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s…(read more)
Giang Nguyễn interviews Viet Thanh about being selected for the Pulitzer Prize board and the reception of The Sympathizer in Vietnam for Radio Free…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins others with Asia Society Southern California to talk about racism in the Asian American community and how to work against…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with Jay Kang about ethnic studies, the Third World Liberation, and Asian American identity on the Time to Say Goodbye…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen interviews Phuc Tran on writing, tattooing, and being a weirdo for Electric Lit. I love alternate takes and extended scenes on DVDs. …(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen and Pankai Mishra share a conversation regarding Black Lives Matter, the Harper’s letter, and more for the Guardian. Pankaj Mishra: Black…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Susan Straight, and Luis Alfaro join Sandra Tsing Loh in conversation about books and the literary life for the Southern California…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins Boston Public Radio on air to talk about the portrayal of Vietnamese people in Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods.’ In…(read more)
Catch Viet at one of these appearances in the coming months and say hello! He will be presenting on his academic work or, at the literary events, reading from and talking about his most recent books: the novel The Sympathizer (2015), the cultural history Nothing Ever Dies (2016), the short story collection The Refugees (2017), and the children’s book Chicken of the… (read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins the Pulitzer Prize board as its first Vietnamese-American member. A big congratulations to Viet Thanh Nguyen, who is joining the Pulitzer Prize Board as its first Asian-American and Vietnamese-American member. After an extensive nominating process, the board chooses the winners from a list of finalists in each category and may additionally give a… (read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen gives a keynote speech at the “Transcendients Community Celebration: Challenging Borders” for the Japanese American Nation Museum The Transcendients Community Celebration: Challenging Borders, a free one-day event, kicks off on Saturday, March 7 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum. The community celebration offers music, dance, art, speaker series,… (read more)
