Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Many people might dismiss what writers and storytellers do as useless and harmless, but the evidence for our usefulness and power is substantial, especially in this age of growing global
Viet Thanh Nguyen on how US violence abroad is mirrored in ICE raids, the Israeli assault on Gaza, and protests at home. What does it mean to be the “other”?
By Noel Ransome Published On 14 May 2025 In a theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen readied himself to speak. It was December 2023, and Nguyen was midway through
In an interview with Al Jazeera marking Saigon’s 50th anniversary, Viet Thanh Nguyen—USC professor and Pulitzer winner for The Sympathizer—recalled arriving in America as a 1975 child refugee. The Vietnamese-American
As the the Trump administration changes long-held American policies towards Europe, there is a sense of betrayal among some Europeans, as well as shock and disbelief. At least half of
This trenchant compendium of lectures by Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Nguyen (A Man of Two Faces) expounds on “what it means to write and read from the position of an other.”
The Vietnamese-American writer reflects on his ‘mea culpa’ with Israeli publishers, the diminishing power of Israeli and U.S. propaganda, and why cultural figures must take a public stance on Palestinian
In this episode of Friday Night Semites, we sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor Viet Thanh Nguyen, acclaimed for his book The Sympathizer (now a brilliant show on
Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on how Hollywood has become the US military-industrial complex’s unofficial ministry of propaganda for Zeteo This is a tale of two spectacles. The first
What is the role of collective memory in creating identity and belonging? Is it even possible to imagine a belonging that does not require flattened identities that pit one group
“The students protesting against Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza are on the right side of history, as other student movements were in the past.” — Viet Thanh Nguyen for Zeteo
The April 24 pro-Palestinian protest did not disrupt student life; it is at its very heart for The Daily Trojan A wave of campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza
For Asian Americans, among whom I count myself, the question of Palestine holds great relevance. And for writers, among whom I also count myself, the question of when to speak
We, the undersigned friends of the 92nd Street Y, are writing to express our dismay and alarm at the Y’s decision to cancel Viet Thanh Nguyen’s event on October 20th, apparently because
On a grim, rainy Friday in October, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen is impressively collected and calm as he sits for an interview, despite a storm that’s brewing around