Arts Oct 31 Author Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new memoir reflects on family’s experience of war and exile By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Madison Staten
Arts May 06 Watch 3:27 Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Brief But Spectacular take on writing and memory As long as he can remember, author Viet Thanh Nguyen has been interested in how stories about his home country of Vietnam are told in America. In his own works, including the Pulitzer-winning novel "The Sympathizer," he centers on the… By Steve Goldbloom, Melissa Williams, Elizabeth Burton
Nation Mar 18 Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on the ‘deep well’ of anti-Asian racism in the U.S. "The Committed" author talked about his own experience as a refugee in America, how we’ve seen anti-Asian violence through history, and some of the ways he thinks people can help their communities. By Joshua Barajas, Amna Nawaz, Wyatt Mayes
Arts Oct 11 Why MacArthur ‘genius’ Viet Thanh Nguyen says writers should make people uncomfortable Nguyen was chosen for his writing "challenging popular depictions of the Vietnam War and exploring the myriad ways that war lives on," the foundation said. By Elizabeth Flock
Arts Apr 12 Watch 6:18 This ‘Refugee’ author explains what it’s like to live between worlds What does the word "refugee" mean to the author of a short story collection called "The Refugees"? They “are the unwanted," says Viet Thanh Nguyen, who claims his own identity among them. Nguyen joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss his stories… By PBS News Hour
Mar 17 The difference between refugees and immigrants? ‘Refugees are the unwanted’ By Elizabeth Flock Viet Thanh Nguyen's new book of short stories, "The Refugees," explores the aspirations and heartbreak of immigration and refugee life. Nguyen himself came to the U.S. from Vietnam as a refugee with his family in 1975. Continue reading