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A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer. The Best American
Last year, acclaimed Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen published To Save and to Destroy: Writing As Other, a collection of six essays adapted from
The French really love bandes dessinées (comics). Here is the adaptation of The Sympathizer as Le Sympathisant, written by Antoine Ozanam, illustrated by Jai Baek,
By SJCC Marketing/PR October 21, 2025 On Friday afternoon, the César E. Chávez Library at San José City College hummed with anticipation. Students, faculty, administrators, and
Viet appeared in a momentous “Voices for Gaza” event in New York City
VOICES FOR GAZA was a tremendously moving event that brought together Palestinian writers and activists and their allies to speak about Gaza, Palestine, and genocide.
VOICES FOR GAZA was a tremendously moving event that brought together Palestinian writers and activists and their allies to speak about Gaza, Palestine, and genocide.
The New York Times names Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Sympathizer” one of the essential spy novels to read.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and what is now celebrated in Vietnam as the unification of the country. Outside
J’étais sur une plage à Malibu le week-end du 8 juin, quand les nouvelles sont tombées.
I was sitting on a beach in Malibu when the news arrived via social media. The temperature was cool and breezy, the sky a clear, unsmogged blue, the kind of propaganda-perfect moment that has lured tourists, dreamers and settlers to Los Angeles for decades.
The Spokane Public Library and Asians for Collective Liberation Spokane will host a visit from author and professor Viet Thanh Nguyen, a significant and influential voice in the Asian American community.
Conversation between Rebecca Kesby and Viet Thanh Nguyen on The Cleaving.
In his new collection, the Pulitzer Prize winner explores the artist’s role in the political discourse.
The Sympathizer makes Kirkus Reviews’ “Best Books of the Century” list of 100 books.