Phong Nguyen

Writer Phong Nguyen speaks with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen about his book, "Bronze Drum." ABOUT THE GUEST: Phong Nguyen is the author of three novels: BRONZE DRUM (Grand Central Publishing, 2022), ROUNDABOUT (Moon City Press, 2019) and THE ADVENTURES OF JOE HARPER (Outpost19, 2016), winner of the Prairie Heritage Book Award; and two short fiction collections: PAGES FROM THE TEXTBOOK OF ALTERNATE HISTORY (Mastodon Publishing, 2019) and MEMORY SICKNESS (Elixir Press, 2011). He is coeditor, with Dan Chaon, of NANCY HALE: ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF A LOST AMERICAN MASTER (Pleiades Press/LSU, 2012) and coeditor, with Robert Olen Butler, of BEST PEACE FICTION: A SOCIAL JUSTICE ANTHOLOGY. His own stories have appeared in more than 50 national literary journals, including Agni, Boulevard, Chattahoochee Review, Florida Review, Gulf Coast Online, Kenyon Review Online, Massachusetts Review, and North American Review. He teaches fiction at the University of Missouri, where he is the Miller Family Endowed Chair in Literature and Writing. This episode is sponsored by AppLovin. AppLovin’s leading marketing platform provides developers a powerful set of solutions to grow their mobile apps. AppLovin’s technology platform enables developers to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps. The company’s first-party content includes over 200+ popular, engaging apps and its technology brings that content to millions of users around the world. AppLovin is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with several offices globally. Learn more at ⁠applovin.com⁠.