Viet Thanh Nguyen and Thi Bui

Echoes of the Past: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Writing the Vietnamese-American Story | Moderated by: Thi Bui
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[@LindaONeal-ou1tv]

Best interview on Viet... and I went down the rabbit hole on Viet Than Nguyen... fantastic job.

[@cluckcluckchicken]

I love both of their works. Hopefully they continue to collaborate in the future, I'd love to see a story or graphic novel by both of them!

[@ORH_Engineering]

The idea of writing a memoir intrigues me as a boat refugee from VN coming to America at 14 without my parents. I was placed in a foster care system, and I can speak of the experience of having to assimilate into the new culture. As a 30-year Navy vet and an educator now, I am sad to see children coming from dysfunctional families being raised by single moms or dads. The society drifted into a culture of wokeism, a form of communism from which I escaped. I came to America during the Reagan era with his vision of America as a shining city on the hill and a beacon of hope for the world. I hope to restore that vision of America to the next generation, which has lost its national identity, according to former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

[@muoian]

Such a great , fun , candid conversation