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On Winning the Pulitzer Prize
Posted on April 18, 2016 | Leave a commentI got the news at around 3:15 thanks to my Twitter and Facebook feed. I sat around shocked, stunned, fielding phone calls from my publicist and doing news interviews and trying to reply to as many emails, tweets, and Facebook comments and messages as I could. I called my wonderful partner, Lan Duong. I felt queasy and struck by literary lightning. ...(read more)
The New Yorker: Refugees in America
Posted on February 6, 2017 | Leave a commentThe Pulitzer Prize-winning Viet Thanh Nguyen tells stories about people poised between their devastated homeland and their affluent adopted country. The following review was written by Joyce Carol Oates for The New Yorker. Consider the distinctions between the words “expat,” “immigrant,” “refugee.” “Expat” suggests a cosmopolitan spirit and re ...(read more)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Posted on February 11, 2017 | Leave a commentPulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen sits down with Seth Meyers to talk about his refugee experience. In part 2 of this interview, he explains the difference between refugees and immigrants and the fears Americans have of them. Part 1: Part 2: Here’s the transcript of the interview: Seth Meyers: I am such a fan of your work. I lov ...(read more)
Viet Nguyen Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Posted on October 11, 2017 | Leave a commentThe MacArthur Foundation has awarded Viet Thanh Nguyen with a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship for his work as a fiction writer and cultural critic. In particular, the MacArthur Foundation recognizes Viet Nguyen’s contributions to “challenging popular depictions of the Vietnam War and exploring the myriad ways that war lives on for those it ha ...(read more)
Paul Beatty In Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Posted on June 15, 2018 | Leave a commentIn fall 2017, the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosted Beatty and Nguyen for an onstage conversation for Believer Magazine. A double agent and a sellout. A French Vietnamese man concealed to nearly everyone around him, and a black American who is a stranger in his own hometown. These are the narrators of The Sellout by P ...(read more)
The René Wellek Prize Citations 2017
Posted on June 21, 2018 | Leave a commentViet 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 Prize is annually awarded, respectively, to the best book overall in comparative literature. Article originally published by ACLA. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Viet ...(read more)
“REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING”: AN INTERVIEW WITH VIET THANH NGUYEN
Posted on September 25, 2018 | Leave a commentKarl Ashoka Britto interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen about his novels and personal experiences as a refugee for Public Books. Since the 2015 publication of his Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen has emerged as one of the literary world’s leading public intellectuals. At a time of rising xenophobia and anti-refug ...(read more)
Delightful Listening: A Conversation Between Viet Thanh Nguyen with Arundhati Roy
This conversation between Viet Thanh Nguyen and Arundhati Roy, whose latest…(read more)
A Conversation with Author Viet Thanh Nguyen: Vietnamese Diaspora in the United States and France
Viet Thanh Nguyen shares his books and his projects including…(read more)
Leah Franqui Recommends A Reading List About Culture Shock
Lea Franqui lists The Sympathizer on her list of books…(read more)
Book Review: Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Jiachen Zhang reviews Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory…(read more)
Claire Polders: The Masterclass Report
Writer Claire Polders reports on the workshop led by Viet Thanh…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen on Identity, War, and The Sympathizer’s Sequel
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses identity, war, and The Sympathizer’s sequel…(read more)
9 GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS BY AUTHORS BORN IN OTHER COUNTRIES
Emily Temple of the Literary Hub lists The Sympathizer by…(read more)
Revolutionary Crime Fiction
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer makes the Crime Reads list of 21…(read more)
These 14 Short Story Collections Will Change Your Approach to Life
Hadley Mendelsohn of My Domaine includes Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees…(read more)
Meet Viet Thanh Nguyen in Paris on July 4, 8, or 15
Viet Thanh Nguyen returns to the American Library in Paris…(read more)
Modern Language Association Publishes Forum on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Work
The Modern Language Association publishes a forum of articles on…(read more)
The René Wellek Prize Citations 2017
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory…(read more)
The Displaced by Viet Thanh Nguyen REVIEW
Adiba Jaigirdar reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Displaced for Cultured Vultures, giving…(read more)
No Place To Call Home
Kera Thinks interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen on World Refugee Day…(read more)
NOTHING EVER DIES: Vietnam and the Memory of War | By Viet Thanh Nguyen
Nguyễn Thị Điểu reviews Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory…(read more)
Paul Beatty In Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
In fall 2017, the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black…(read more)
READY TO READ THE MOST CELEBRATED AND BEST VIETNAM WAR BOOKS?
Tracy Sharpley reviews the best books about the Vietnam War…(read more)
‘Call Me a Refugee, Not an Immigrant’: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Jon Wiener of The Nation interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen on refugee literature…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen Says The U.S. Could ‘Lose Its Soul’ With Migrant Family Separations
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Power of Imagining & Building New Futures
Alexandra Da Dalt discusses the impact of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s…(read more)
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