
A Departure From Reality | The New Yorker
My mother will not count as one of war’s casualties. But what do you call someone who loses her country, her parents, her peace of mind, because of war? —

My mother will not count as one of war’s casualties. But what do you call someone who loses her country, her parents, her peace of mind, because of war? —

Viet Thanh Nguyen writes about his refugee experience in this essay for The New Yorker. My eternal scene takes place in a faraway country, the one in which I was

Viet Thanh Nguyen reviews Luis Alberto Urrea’s The House of Broken Angels for The New York Times. Luis Alberto Urrea’s sorrowful and funny new novel, “The House of Broken Angels,” is one

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s critique of American writers’ workshops for The New York Times. Literature and power cannot be separated. American literature is read around the world not only because of

Viet Thanh Nguyen reviews Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West for The New York Times. You own a house or rent an apartment. You live with your family or by yourself. You wake in

Viet published an op-ed in the New York Times about storytelling in the age of Trump. Here is the unedited, 1400-word version. The link to the 900-word published version comes