Alta | Issue 27: Los Angeles Storytellers | Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Big Ideas Are Hiding in Plain Sight
The author’s books and lectures liberate challenging perspectives from the confines of genre, expectation, and academia for Alta Viet Thanh Nguyen may be one of the most revolutionary thinkers in America, and he’s hiding in plain sight. If you’ve been to a literary festival or to a bookstore in the past decade, you will have […]
RTE Radio | Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen – A Man of Two Faces
Vietnamese-American novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen spoke to Sean O’Rourke about his memoir ‘A Man of Two Faces‘ for RTE Radio Listen to interview here Read below for transcript Sean: Nguyen was born in what was previously known as South Vietnam in 1971. Four years later, after the fall of Saigon, his family was forced to […]
Minerva | In Conversation: Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen and Minnie Phan on their New Children’s Picture Book
Join Viet Thanh Nguyen (Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sympathizer) and acclaimed artist Minnie Phan in conversation with School Library Journal blogger Elizabeth Bird about their soon-to-be-published children’s book, SIMONE for Minerva Read below for transcript, watch video here Viet Thanh Nguyen: The stream is live. Hello. Hi there. Betsy Bird: Hello. Wonderful. Well, […]
Reviews for SIMONE, A New Children’s Book by Viet Thanh Nguyen, illustrated by Minnie Phan
“A powerful, multilayered depiction of an increasingly common situation.” Viet Thanh Nguyen writes a children’s book set to release in May 2024. Read below for early reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist Publishers Weekly “Evocative….inventive illustrations … introduces a full rainbow spectrum of experience.” Publishers Weekly Rooted, per a contextualizing end note, in […]
OPB | The Archive Project – Viet Thanh Nguyen, in conversation with Tommy Orange
On this episode of “The Archive Project,” we feature Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with author Tommy Orange from the 2023 Portland Book Festival—OPB Listen to the podcast here. Transcriptions coming soon. On this episode of “The Archive Project,” we feature Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with author Tommy Orange from the 2023 Portland Book […]
The Nation | The Many Faces of Viet Thanh Nguyen
Mari Uyehara interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen—The Vietnamese-American writer’s leap to the mainstream comes at a moment that demands his anti-colonialist perspective for The Nation Like Nguyen’s other books, this memoir is critical of the US military-industrial complex. His oppositional stance informs his support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, and since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza […]
The Atlantic | The Atlantic Publishes “The Great American Novels,” a New List of the Most Consequential Novels of the Past 100 Years
The list launches with events at the New Orleans Book Festival and on April 3 at the Strand, in New York—with The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen as one of the selected novel for 2015 for The Atlantic Today The Atlantic launches “The Great American Novels,” an ambitious new project that brings together the most consequential novels […]
Project Worthmore | Dinner at Delaney with Guest Speaker, Viet Thanh Nguyen
Dinner at DeLaney 9/14/2024 Set on our urban farm with a multi-course meal by the creative team of Denver’s Uchi, Dinner at DeLaney is a memorable way to support our work with refugees and newcomers. This year, we are honored to have Pulitzer Prize-winning author, refugee, professor and advocate Viet Thanh Nguyen as our guest […]
Shakespeare and Company (Paris) | Viet Thanh Nguyen on A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial
Join us for an evening with Pultizer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, as he discusses his inventive and moving memoir A Man of Two Faces. In conversation with Adam Biles. Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment. * With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the […]
Tucson Festival of Books 2024 | Viet Thanh Nguyen
The 2024 Tucson Festival of Books will be happening on March 9th to Sunday March 10th at the University of Arizona. Viet Thanh Nguyen will be a part of 2 events—read for more information below! Great Storytellers This is a can’t miss session! Lisa See, Viet Nguyen and T.C. Boyle have a deep interest in […]
ÁCCENTED #35 | Memory as Rebellion: Showcasing Lao American Artists
DVAN presents another exciting episode of Áccented: Dialogues in Diaspora. Our 35th show, “Memory as Rebellion: Showcasing Lao American Artists,” features Lao American artists Krysada Phounsiri and Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning host Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS KRYSADA PHOUNSIRI is a Lao American award winning poet, professional […]
Merrimack College | The Writers House presents Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and numerous other awards. His most recent publication is A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial. His other books are the sequel to The Sympathizer, The Committed; a short story collection, The Refugees; Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War (a finalist for […]
The Review of Democracy Podcast | To Do Art, Politics, Critique, and Theory at the Same Time
In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Viet Thanh Nguyen – author of the new book A Man of Two Faces. A Memoir, A History, A Memorial – reflects on the ambiguities and contradictions of growing up Vietnamese-American in the aftermath of what is called the Vietnam War in the US; explains what motivated him to seek a […]
The Nation | Palestine Is In Asia: An Asian American Argument for Solidarity
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 our conscience has always mattered. I want to address Israel’s war on Gaza and how it raises issues of self-defense, inclusion, and solidarity that have […]
Esquire | Inside My Mid-Life Crisis
“After 40, most of us start to panic about what we have (or haven’t) accomplished. Me? I’m learning that there’s more to life than being a famous writer”, Viet Thanh Nguyen shares his thoughts about reaching the middle of his life for Esquire I’d seen the word on social media. Mid. The show was mid. The song […]
