Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Listen to it Here Viet Thanh Nguyen came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam when he was four years old. Growing up in San Jose, California, Nguyen remembers
NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with culture writer Daniel Chin about how the new HBO series The Sympathizer differs from other Hollywood depictions of the Vietnam War for NPR Hollywood depictions have long
A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial Book critic, Thuy Dinh, adds A Man of Two Faces to NPR’s 2023 list of ‘Books We Love’ Viet
Thuy Dinh writes a review of A Man of Two Faces for National Public Radio, NPR In the early days, one of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s mentors at Berkeley, Maxine Hong
Mary Louise Kelly talks with people about the experience of being a refugee, how fleeing their home country has affected their life and what life is like now for NPR.
Thúy Đinh reviews The Committed for NPR. With smoke-and-mirrors panache, The Committed — Viet Thanh Nguyen’s sequel to The Sympathizer — continues the travails of our Eurasian Ulysses, now relocated to France and self-identified
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Susan Straight, and Luis Alfaro join Sandra Tsing Loh in conversation about books and the literary life for the Southern California News Group. Just in time for
Samantha Balaban writes about an interview Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ellison Nguyen, and illustrators, Thi Bui and Hien Bui-Stafford had with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the creation of Chicken of The Sea
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy on NPR with host Scott Simon. Interview audio found here. Read the transcript below: SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Trump administration’s
Colin Dwyers of NPR puts together a list of the 24 recipients of the 2017 MacArthur Genius Grant, one fellow being Viet Thanh Nguyen. It’s not often you’ll find these
Ari Shapiro talks with Viet Thanh Nguyen about his refugee experience on NPR’s All Things Considered. Listen to the interview here or read the transcript below. When author Viet Thanh Nguyen was
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen is interviewed by Terry Gross, host of Fresh Air on NPR. Listen to the interview here or read the full transcript below. TRANSCRIPT TERRY GROSS,
Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about his novel The Sympathizer on NPR’s To The Best of Our Knowledge. Listen to the full interview here or read the transcript below. Americans are still
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer is featured at the top of Fresh Air critic John Power’s list of media he wishes he had reviewed in the past year. Read
Nancy Pearl and Marcie Sillman discuss The Sympathizer on KUOW’s The Record. Listen to the podcast here or read the transcript below. Special, important, brilliant: That’s the rave review from