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Viet Thanh Nguyen

@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social

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I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead. Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 7h

The MacArthur Fellowship is a life-changing award. I'm glad to see two of them go to the artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen and the novelist Tommy Orange.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 5d

WTF category. In this case, my university, USC, provides cadavers to the US Navy to train IDF medical personnel. The cadavers are unclaimed bodies: people for whom no one was willing or able to pay for burials. What an afterlife after a difficult life--to have your body used without your consent.

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel

A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 7d

Solidarity, now and forever.

“This is the most frightening moment of my life,” she added. "The only thing that has ever worked...is solidarity: binding together, finding bravery in numbers too big to ignore, and standing up for one another.”

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

www.theguardian.com

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 7d

So being against racism and fascism and standing with one’s community for self-defense is now considered a crime? Shame on UNC.

This is Dwayne Dixon. I know Dwayne and the students testifying to how great of a professor he is in the comments on Instagram are as shocked as I am.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 8d

White nationalist tattoos and fat commanders-in-chief with felony convictions are ok, however.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 8d

They're already executing Venezuelans without trial or evidence, ethnically cleansing the United States and disappearing people, and testing their ability to call anyone who opposes them a terrorist and "radical leftist." 2/2

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 8d

Trump wants the military to use American cities as "training grounds" and Hegseth thinks rules of engagement are too strict. If these two--plus Miller and Homan--could get away with death squads, they would so do it. 1/2

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 9d

A friend sent this picture of the new French translation of A Man of Two Faces in Paris. Unfortunately, because of tariffs, my publisher can’t send me the book. Thanks, Trump!

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 11d

There is now a Center for California Literature! Long overdue. Please come to the kickoff event with Aja Monet, Ryan O’Connell, Roxane Gay, and myself on Oct. 3 at the wonderfully named Giovanni’s Room in LA.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 12d

All my escalators worked for me today. How about yours?

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 12d

He’s also either being trolled by the UN’s official photographer or someone in the audience or staff has the right amount of petty to take this photo

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 12d

Netanyahu had fewer attendees than an 8am panel at the MLA.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 12d

It was never about criminality or invasions or about the distinction between legal and illegal immigrants. Trump and the MAGA movement hate immigrants overall. THEY START WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE AND WILL GET TO EVERY IMMIGRANT OR REFUGEE EVENTUALLY. That will include birthright citizenship too.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 14d

If Trump says this, then hopefully many of the people who listened to him today will understand that this is a racist, cruel, and ultimately self-destructive policy for so many countries that actually benefit from the cultures, values, and labor that immigrants bring.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 15d

Great summary of the Voices for Gaza event this past Sunday--you can donate at the QR code you see here.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 17d

At the deeply moving Voices for Gaza event at Town Hall. Please do consider donating to inara.org.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 17d

there's a livestream option for those who can't physically be there
thetownhall.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/ins...

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you!

Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 17d

We have been shadowbanned on this event and yet we are nearly sold out…come help us sell out and show your love and support for Palestine and Gaza.

www.ticketmaster.com/voices-for-g...

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 19d

Thinking about our commandant-in-chief, who loves to mock but can’t bear being mocked

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 19d

It worked. We’re not talking about the Epstein files.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 19d

War on Drugs. War on Terror. War on Antifa. Americans love fighting wars they can’t win.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 20d

The Democratic Party is a joke.

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

thehill.com

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 20d

None of this is a surprise. Remember that Trump supposedly was motivated to run for president after Obama roasted him.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20d

Late night hosts criticizing the president isn’t new. Having a thin-skinned dictator wannabe who can’t take it is.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 20d

Definitely Dear Leader territory. And Republicans are upset if you say the word “fascism.”

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 21d

If white supremacists are willing to march en masse in honor of Charlie Kirk, saying things like “Say his name! Take back our world! Take back our land!”--

Then maybe they understood Charlie Kirk pretty well.

White supremacists, death threats and 'disgust': Charlie Kirk's killing roils Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach is one of many communities grappling with the aftermath of the shooting of Charlie Kirk. In Surf City, white supremacists interrupted tributes.

www.latimes.com

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