Books & Writers: Novelists, Screenwriters, Poets, Journalists, Playwrights, Non-fiction Writers & Showrunners Talk Writing, Creativity & The Creative Process · Novelists, Screenwriters, Poets, Playwrights, Non-fiction Writers, Journalists & Showrunners Talk Writing - Creative Process Original Series
On Writing, America's Forever Wars & Challenging Power with Author VIET THANH NGUYEN
Viet Thanh Nguyen explains how Trump's horrifying language exemplifies authoritarian abuse of truth.
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A serious, reflective conversation about how humor, truth, and power meet on the page.
Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about being othered in the United States and about how that shaped his work as a writer. He makes a convincing case for humor and satire as ways to face the tragedy of othering, and he connects that struggle to colonialism, racism, war, and the state…
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For when you want a memoir conversation about truth, unreliability, and the politics of writing.