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ALANApalooza Brings Community Together

Bao Nguyen of Colgate Maroon-News reports on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s lecture about refugees during ALANApalooza, an annual cultural event at Colgate University.   This year’s ALANApalooza

“The Refugees” by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The DC Public Library published a discussion guide for The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen, along with responses from D.C. residents.  For those reading The Refugees by Viet

The 20 Best Songs About Trains

Since 1992 pop punk band Blink 182’s irreverent and child-like humor has propelled their records to top of the Billboard charts. Twenty-four years later, Blink

Claire Polders: The Masterclass Report

Writer Claire Polders reports on the workshop led by Viet Thanh Nguyen at the American Library in Paris. Yesterday, along with some twenty other writers, I

Meet Viet Thanh Nguyen in Paris on July 4, 8, or 15

Viet Thanh Nguyen returns to the American Library in Paris to talk about The Displaced and hold two workshops, beginning July 4th.  https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-viet-thanh-nguyen-the-displaced-refugee-writers-on-refugee-lives/ https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/masterclass-with-viet-thanh-nguyen/ https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/masterclass-with-viet-thanh-nguyen-2/

The René Wellek Prize Citations 2017

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War co-wins the 2017 Rene Wellek Prize with Jeffrey Cohen’s Stone. The Rene Wellek