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• Franklin & Marshall College | Class of 2022 Commencement Speaker: Viet Thanh Nguyen

  Viet Thanh Nguyen will be conferred a Honorary Degree, Doctor of  Letters, Honoris Causa at the Commencement ceremony for Franklin & Marshall College. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and numerous other awards. His most recent publication is the sequel to The Sympathizer, The Committed. His other books are a short story collection, The Refugees; Nothing… (read more)

• International Rescue Committee | Kenneth French, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Abraham Verghese Elected

  New York, NY, March 31, 2022 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) welcomed five new members to the Board of Directors. As transformational leaders, visionaries, and experts in their respective fields Kerwin Charles, Victoria Long Foley, Kenneth French, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Abraham Verghese will help advance the IRC’s global humanitarian mission. With accountability for the… (read more)

• The Amherst Student | Writers Discuss Craft and Identity at Seventh Annual LitFest

  Award-winning novelists and writers—including Natalie Diaz and Viet Thanh Nguyen discussed themes of identity, language, and craft in their presentations at the Seventh Annual LitFest for Amherst College. By Mina Enayati-Uzeta LitFest, Amherst’s annual literary festival, returned for its seventh year on Feb. 25-27. This year, in its ongoing mission to “illuminate great writing,” the… (read more)