Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Power of Imagining & Building New Futures
Alexandra Da Dalt discusses the impact of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s talk about refugees, immigrant, communities of color, and writing in this piece for Rain International. “The xenophobic tendencies of American society, which have always been with us, are experiencing a resurgence.” To celebrate the release of The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, author, […]
Frank Buckley Interviews
Frank Buckley interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for KTLA. The interview video can be seen on the KTLA website. Viet Thanh Nguyen is the author of “The Sympathizer,” a spy novel set in the chaos of 1975 Saigon for which Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Viet was born in Ban Me Thuot, Vietnam, and […]
State of RE Podcast Episode 9: Viet Thanh Nguyen
This interview of Viet Thanh Nguyen by David Yang was featured on the State of RE Podcast, which can be heard on iTunes. David Yang: The State of RE Podcast is about the state of relationships, relationships of all aspects of your life, so check it out; where we break it down for you … David […]
Refugees, optimism and literary roots: Viet Thanh Nguyen and Mohsin Hamid in conversation
Viet Thanh Nguyen and Mohsin Hamid discuss the refugee crisis and their own books in this for Los Angeles Public Library ALOUD. Among critic at large Viet Thanh Nguyen’s many accomplishments is his acclaimed short story collection “The Refugees.” In April he spoke to Mohsin Hamid, whose novel “Exit West” was a finalist for the […]
Daniel Ellsberg among finalists for California Book Awards
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees is a finalist for the California Book Awards, alongside Daniel Ellsberg’s The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. Article by John McMurtrie originally published by The San Francisco Chronicle. Daniel Ellsberg became a household name in the 1970s after releasing the Pentagon Papers, the infamous documents that would help […]
The Refugees Selected as California Book Awards Finalist
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees has been selected as a finalist for the 2018 California Book Awards. The annual California Book Awards, which began in 1931, recognize the state’s best writers and illuminate the wealth and diversity of literature written in California. Monetary prizes are given in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, juvenile literature, young […]
Humo Book Reviews: Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Refugees”
The following mini book review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees was originally published by Humo. Nguyens Pulitzer Prize winnende debuut ‘De sympathisant’ deed uitkijken naar zijn tweede boek, en de verwachtingen worden méér dan ingelost met deze verhalenbundel over (u raadt het al) vluchtelingen. Nguyens blitse Engels blijkt echter moeilijk vertaalbaar, want het Nederlands voelt soms iets […]
Remembering Refugees’ Stories
Jaehun Lee of BC’s student newspaper The Heights reflects on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s appearance at the college as part of the Lowell Humanities Series. Viet Thanh Nguyen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Aerol Arnold Chair of English and professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, spoke on Wednesday evening as part of […]
Complete fiction: why ‘the short story renaissance’ is a myth
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees is listed as a notable short story collection in this article for The Guardian. Article by Chris Power originally published by The Guardian. In 2017, almost 50% more short story collections were sold than in the previous year. It was the best year for short stories since 2010. Booksellers are […]
Tellus Folio Review: Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Refugees”
Marisa Cecchetti reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees for Tellus Folio. Ci sono tragiche migrazioni che rischiano di essere dimenticate, nel rumore assordante delle fughe attuali da luoghi di guerra, di persecuzione, di fame. Viet Thanh Nguyen è fuggito per mare dal Vietnam del Sud insieme alla sua famiglia, in seguito alla occupazione di Saigon da parte dell’esercito […]
2017-2018 AWARDS WINNERS
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees wins Honorable Mention in the Adult Fiction category for the 2017-2018 APALA Awards. Original article published by APALA. Adult Fiction Honor: The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press), 2017 Pulitzer Prize and last year’s APALA Adult Fiction Literature Award winner Viet Thanh Nguyen further demonstrates his literary prowess with The Refugees, his […]
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on Writing About Refugees
In this interview for Aspen Words, Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses the challenges of writing The Refugees and the power of writing. Aspen Words will confer the inaugural $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize this year, recognizing a work of fiction with social impact. Twenty nominees are still in the running, and the diverse list includes 12 novels and eight short […]
Forgetting and Remembering
In this interview for Jacobin Magazine, Yahya Chaudhry and Viet Nguyen discuss the self-serving stories the US state tells about the Vietnam War. “I come here mindful of the past, mindful of our difficult history,” Barack Obama said during a May 2016 visit to Vietnam, “but focused on the future — the prosperity, security, and human dignity that […]
The eyes silent to see the wound
Nguyen Vinh Nguyen reviews The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen for Tuổi Trẻ. TTCT – Ấy là khi con mắt nhìn vào vết thương cộng đồng vừa như kẻ dự phần nhưng vừa đứng cao hơn mọi định kiến để thấy đó là một mối cơ khổ phổ quát của nhân loại khi chiến tranh, đói […]
Nguyen Thanh Viet – Refugees
In this review for Tiếp Thị Thế Giới, Ngân Hà discusses The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Phần lớn người Việt Nam đọc sách, xem phim, hay bất kỳ một tác phẩm nghệ thuật nào đều thích có “thông điệp” – nó là một từ phổ biến đến nỗi ngay khi một người bạn biết tôi […]
