“As minhas memórias começam quando me tornei refugiado aos 4 anos”
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Refugees with João Céu e Silva in this interview for Diario de Noticias. O escritor Viet Thanh Nguyen nasceu no…(read more)
Interviews
Delightful Listening: A Conversation Between Viet Thanh Nguyen with Arundhati Roy
This conversation between Viet Thanh Nguyen and Arundhati Roy, whose latest novel is The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017), took place at the New York Public Library…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen on Identity, War, and The Sympathizer’s Sequel
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses identity, war, and The Sympathizer’s sequel in this interview conducted by the Les Cahiers Du Nem admin. For his startling and…(read more)
No Place To Call Home
Kera Thinks interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen on World Refugee Day as they discuss refugees and his essay collection, The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee…(read more)
Paul Beatty In Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
In fall 2017, the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosted Beatty and Nguyen for an onstage conversation for Believer Magazine. A double…(read more)
‘Call Me a Refugee, Not an Immigrant’: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Jon Wiener of The Nation interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen on refugee literature and the concept of “the genius.” You can listen to this episode of the…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen Says The U.S. Could ‘Lose Its Soul’ With Migrant Family Separations
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses the Drumpf administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy on NPR with host Scott Simon. Interview audio found here. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The…(read more)
Frank Buckley Interviews
Frank Buckley interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for KTLA. The interview video can be seen on the KTLA website. Viet Thanh Nguyen is the author of…(read more)
From refugee to Pulitzer-winning novelist
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with Christiane Amanpour about his story, politics, and his issue with John Kelly in this interview for CNN. In this…(read more)
The Displaced: Refugee Writers Ariel Dorfman & Viet Thanh Nguyen on Migration, US Wars & Resistance
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviews Ariel Dorfman and Viet Thanh Nguyen on such topics as asylum seekers in the US today. As dozens of migrants…(read more)
State of RE Podcast Episode 9: Viet Thanh Nguyen
This interview of Viet Thanh Nguyen by David Yang was featured on the State of RE Podcast, which can be heard on iTunes. David Yang:…(read more)
Refugees, optimism and literary roots: Viet Thanh Nguyen and Mohsin Hamid in conversation
Viet Thanh Nguyen and Mohsin Hamid discuss the refugee crisis and their own books in this for Los Angeles Public Library ALOUD. Among critic…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen: Going Public
Author, scholar, and MLA member Viet Thanh Nguyen spoke with the MLA’s executive director, Paula Krebs, in October 2017, after he had been awarded…(read more)
How Do You Define ‘Home’?
This roundtable with the editor and contributors of “Go Home!” along with Viet Thanh Nguyen, who wrote the foreword, was originally published by Shondaland. “Is…(read more)
Uses Excel to ensure his reading is diverse
This interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen ahead of his appearance at Boston College was conducted by Amy Sutherland for The Boston Globe. Viet Thanh Nguyen…(read more)
Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen for Literature Interpretation Theory (LIT)
This interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen was conducted by Ruby Perlmutter for LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory. Published in 2015, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer tells the story…(read more)
