Steven Duong & Vivian Pham

Emerging writers Steven Duong and Vivian Pham converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Steven Duong is the author of At The End of the World There is a Pond (W. W. Norton, 2025). His poems and short stories have appeared in publications including The American Poetry Review, The Drift, and the Yale Review, as well as The Best American Short Stories 2024, selected by Lauren Groff. The recipient of fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Kundiman, and the University of Iowa, he is currently a creative writing fellow at Emory University. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Vivian Pham is a Vietnamese novelist, essayist, and poet from southwestern Sydney. In high school she wrote a novel called The Coconut Children, which was published in March 2020 by Penguin Random House. Vivian is the 2024 Writer-in-Residence at University of Technology, Sydney. She is a course director and key tutor for Faber Writing Academy, where she designs and teaches a year-long course on writing a novel. Vivian holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Philosophy and Creative Writing from Western Sydney University. She’s currently adapting The Coconut Children for stage with Belvoir Theatre and screen with Exit Films. 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.