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Author Viet Thanh Nguyen, who appears in Santa Ana on Tuesday, discusses his journey as a writer

This is Part 2 of Peter Larsen’s interview with Viet…(read more)

Star Tribune: The Refugees

Tom Zelman reviews The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen for…(read more)

Post-War Americans

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new collection of short stories, The Refugees,…(read more)

The Refugees: Rough Crossings

A collection of short stories delicately captures the traumas and…(read more)

Stellar nonfiction chosen by the National Book Critics Circle

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory…(read more)

SF Chronicle Reviews The Refugees

Rayyan Al-Shawaf of the San Francisco Chronicle reviews Viet Thanh…(read more)

Monocle Arts Review: The Refugees

John Mitchinson and Matt Alagiah discuss Viet Thanh Nguyen’s short…(read more)

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen is a new voice for Vietnamese here

Peter Larsen interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for the Orange County…(read more)

Stories Behind The Refugees

SBTN and Hollywood First Look interview Viet Thanh Nguyen about…(read more)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen sits down with Seth…(read more)

‘The Refugees’ Author Says We Should All Know What It Is To Be An Outsider

Ari Shapiro talks with Viet Thanh Nguyen about his refugee experience on…(read more)

Publishers Weekly Gives The Refugees Starred Review

Nat Sobel of Publishers Weekly reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new…(read more)

Viet Thanh Nguyen on Being a Refugee, an American — and a Human Being

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and Vietnam war refugee reflects on…(read more)

The New Yorker: Refugees in America

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Viet Thanh Nguyen tells stories about people…(read more)

Viet Thanh Nguyen on His Timely Collection, ’The Refugees’

Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Refugees and his personal experiences…(read more)

Amid Era of Trumpism, Immigrant Tales of People not Politics

Anthony Domestico, a correspondent of the Boston Globe, reviews The…(read more)

‘The Refugees’ Review: Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Timely Story Collection

Marion Winik reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s short story collection, The Refugees,…(read more)

Pulitzer Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on His New Book The Refugees

Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Refugees with Sarah Begley in…(read more)

Viet Thanh Nguyen on being a refugee and being unwanted

Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Refugees and his experiences in…(read more)

Viet Thanh Nguyen writes about the refugees we don’t remember anymore

Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Refugees with Quang Tran in…(read more)

Pulitzer-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen Makes ‘The Refugees’ Human

May-lee Chai reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees for Dallas…(read more)

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Refugees’ Couldn’t Come at a Better Time

Megan Mayhew Bergman of the Washington Post reviews The Refugees,…(read more)

Viet Thanh Nguyen on Writers on Writing

Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about The Refugees and his books…(read more)

Review: “Nothing Ever Dies” By Viet Thanh Nguyen

Bill Schwab reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam…(read more)