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/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.