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Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. His stories have appeared in Best New American Voices, TriQuarterly, Narrative, and the Chicago Tribune and he is the author of the novel The Sympathizer, and Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory War. He teaches English and American Studies at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.


Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Cover of His New Memoir

“It often feels like a cover designer I have not met has captured some dimension of the book I have not been aware.”
April 4, 2023  By Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Back to School for Everyone: Writers and the World with Viet Thanh Nguyen

On Writing as Commitment to Both Art and Politics
September 6, 2022  By Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Viet Thanh Nguyen on What David Wong Louie Meant to Him at 20

Reading Pangs of Love and Discovering Asian American Literary Voices
June 21, 2019  By Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Viet Thanh Nguyen: How Not to Bore Your Audience at a Reading

Channel Obama. Perform. Drink if You Must.
April 9, 2019  By Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Vietnamese and Vietnamese American Lit: A Primer from Viet Thanh Nguyen

Ocean Vuong, Nguyen Qui Duc, Vu Tran, and More
February 10, 2017  By Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The Prophecy of Martin Luther King, Jr., From Vietnam to Iraq

Viet Thanh Nguyen Considers the Poison in the American Body Politic
April 4, 2016  By Viet Thanh Nguyen
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