2017 MacArthur fellow Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses questions of justice, diversity in literature, and empathy across cultures.
Writing
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post, Nonfiction, Writing
The Genius of the Playboy Interview
Dedicated research and hours of interviews crafted the gold-standard of pre-access celebrity journalism.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Writing
The End of ‘Rolling Stone’ As We Know It
Jann Wenner created a magazine that lasted for 50 years because he understood nostalgia sells.
Posted inWriting
Confronting Wealth and Class Privilege as a Black Professor at a White College
At Buzzfeed, Kiese Laymon tells the story of his early years teaching at an elite liberal arts college in New York.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Writing
Why Fiction Haunts Us: Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on His Ghosts
Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about how ghosts and authors of fiction share a similar role in today’s culture.
Posted inMedia, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
Inside the Content Machine
“…the viral is becoming more viral, and websites are mousetraps, and content the cheese,”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Writing
The 1923 Novel That Helps Us Understand Today’s Racial Climate
‘Cane’Â is a series of vignettes about life in rural Georgia told from the point of view of an ambivalently black teacher from the north.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story, Writing
Youth From Every Quarter
A teacher at an elite boarding school confronts her own confused leap up the ladder of class privilege.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Writing
Youth From Every Quarter
A teacher at an elite boarding school confronts her own confused leap up the ladder of class privilege.
Posted inUnapologetic Women, Writing
Arundhati Roy Doesn’t Care What You ThinkÂ
While critics were measuring her life as the length of time between novels, Arundhati Roy was out in the world, living it.