
‘Refugee’ author explains life between two worlds
Clip: 4/12/2017 | 6m 18s
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss his stories about living 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 about living between worlds and being haunted by the past.
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‘Refugee’ author explains life between two worlds
Clip: 4/12/2017 | 6m 18s
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 about living between worlds and being haunted by the past.
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