Videos
A compilation of Viet’s appearances on television and online videos.
Viet Thanh Nguyen reads a letter to his father.
Watch Viet Thanh Nguyen on Seth Meyers discuss his experience as a refugee and why refugees are important for America.
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In this video essay, Viet talks about his parents and their struggle on CBS This Morning.
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks about The Committed for CBS This Morning.
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Christiane Amanpour interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen about immigration and refugees.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with DemocracyNow! about how U.S. foreign policy creates refugees.
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with DemocracyNow! on how anti-Asian is rooted in US colonialism.
Watch Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss his debut novel, The Sympathizer with Charlie Rose.
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Roxane Gay and Viet Thanh Nguyen at St. Paul’s Church.
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Asian Health Services profiles Viet, in a video directed by Tony Nguyen.
Viet and his son Ellison and Thi Bui and her son Hien discuss their collaboration, the children’s book Chicken of the Sea.
Watch Matty Huynh’s “The Ark,” a short film narrated by Viet Thanh Nguyen and based on the opening of The Committed, his sequel to The Sympathizer.
Watch Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss The Sympathizer at the 2016 AWP Conference.
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Watch Viet Thanh Nguyen at the 2016 Wisconsin Book Festival on C-SPAN.
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Watch Viet Thanh Nguyen and others speak about refugee crises on C-SPAN.
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Watch “Past to Present: The Echoes of War,” Viet Thanh Nguyen and others speak about war and history at the 2016 LA Times Book Festival.
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Watch Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with filmmakers John Sayles and Vilsoni Hereniko.
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Watch Viet Thanh Nguyen and Reza Aslan riff on Viet’s propensity to win awards for his writing. Special musical guest Thao Nguyen (Thao and the Get Down Stay Down).
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