7: Bich Minh Nguyen on the Refugee Experience of Holiday Narratives

In this special holiday episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, fiction writer and memoirist Bich Minh Nguyen talks to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about her history as a refugee, recent news about the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies, and her holiday traditions. Readings for the Episode: ·       Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, Pioneer Girl, and Short Girls by Bich Minh Nguyen ·       “Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees,” by Charles Dunst and Krishnadev Calamur, Atlantic.com Dec. 12, 2018 ·        ·       A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ·       Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ·       "The Dead," by James Joyce ·       “The Netflix Christmas Movie Cinematic Universe Is Here,” Buzzfeed, Alanna Bennett ·       “It’s a Wonderful Life,” film, 1946, dir. Frank Capra ·       “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” short story by Ernest Hemingway. ·      “Santa Clo va a La Cuchilla,” short story by Abelardo Díaz Alfaro ·       “Is Denaturalization the Next Front in the Trump Administration’s War on Immigration?” by Seth Freed Wessler, The New York Times Magazine, Dec. 19, 2018   Guests: Bich Minh Nguyen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices