Coming Together When Things Fall Apart: Giving Voice to Emotional Truth in our Times
The Bay Area Book Festival held a virtual panel featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen about putting words to complicated emotions and situations. This event is…(read more)
Interviews
An American Narrative: A Conversation with Author Viet Thanh Nguyen Winner of The Pulitzer for Fiction
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins JinJa Birkenbeuel on The Honest Field Guide to talk about entrepreneurship and American racism. The impact of entrepreneurship on the…(read more)
On Writing, Memory and Identity: An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Longyan Zhang interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen about war, the ethnics of memory, and identity for Consequence Magazine. (Renmin University of China, University of Southern…(read more)
“Coming to America” Discussion: The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen virtually joins San Jose Public Library for a discussion about The Refugees. The Yiddish Book Center presents “Coming to America,” a…(read more)
The Quarantine Tapes 052: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes to talk about the cultural impacts of social distancing. On episode 052 of The…(read more)
Where Do We Go From Here? w/ Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins Randy Kim on The Banh Mi Chronicles to talk about the Asian Pacific Islander community during COVID-19 and more. For…(read more)
VIET THANH NGUYEN – “Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War”
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins Michael Vann on New Books in History to discuss Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. According to Viet…(read more)
Journey From The Fall Q&A w/ Ham Tran
Viet Thanh Nguyen is a fellow panelist in a Q&A with Ham Tran about his feature film Journey From The Fall Q&A with Director…(read more)
Week 1: The State of Asian America Today
Rise APA held a conversation featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen about the state of Asian America in the face of COVID-19. Why we feel this…(read more)
At Home with Literati: Story Time w/ Viet Thanh Nguyen & Thi Bu
Viet and his son Ellison and Thi Bui and her son Hien discuss their collaboration, the children’s book Chicken of the Sea. Viet Thanh…(read more)
In Dialogue: An-My Lê and Viet Thanh Nguyen
An-My Lê and Viet Thanh Nguyen share a conversation about An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain, a photography exhibit about the complexity of war. The…(read more)
AAPI History Spotlight: Exploring Culture in Art
PBS spotlights Viet Thanh Nguyen as one of eight AAPI artists who explore culture and history in their craft. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh…(read more)
Digital Town Hall – Asian Americans in the Time of Covid-19
The Center for Asian American Media hosted a digital town hall, featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen, exploring Asian American history and the Asian American experience…(read more)
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai presents “The Mountains Sing” with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai in a conversation about her debut book for Harvard Bookstore Harvard Book Store’s virtual event series…(read more)
I’m Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer, refugee, and featured participant in the PBS documentary Asian Americans. I’m staying at home. AMA.
Viet Thanh Nguyen held an AMA on Reddit. Read the discussion thread and questions below or on Reddit. THANKS EVERYONE!!! I loved answering your…(read more)
If Not Now, Then When? 23 Authors on the Best Books to Finally Read
WSJ asked Viet Thanh Nguyen for recommendations from his current reading list. Ready to climb your literary Mount Everest? We polled some of the…(read more)
