Bich minh nguyen biography of barack obama
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- Because his presidency ended so recently, and due to his young age, it could be three decades or more before the definitive biography of Obama is written.
From Pho to Fast Food, an Immigrant's Tale : NPR
- Vietnamese immigrant Bich Minh Nguyen thought her cultural salvation would come through junk food.
Beth Nguyen |
- Nguyen, Bich Minh PERSONAL:First name pronounced "bit"; born , in Saigon, Viet Nam; brought to the United States, ; daughter of D. Nhu Nguyen (a general contractor) and stepdaughter of Rosa Fraga (a high school principal); married Porter Shreve (a writer), June 1,
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A Normal Interview with Bich Minh “Beth” Nguyen
A Normal Interview with Bich Minh “Beth” Nguyen
By Tara Williams
Tara Williams: In the event of a zombie apocalypse and your imminent evacuation taking only what you can carry, which books would you take with you to a remote island compound serving as the last bastion of literate civilization?
Bich Minh Nguyen: This is an incredibly difficult question to answer! Right now the answer might be: Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson; Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison; Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; and if there’s room, Emily Wilson’s recent translation of The Odyssey.
TW: The resonance of the choice to build your memoir around food memories is fascinating to me, especially with the dual meaning of the word assimilation, with its social and digestive connotations. I'm curious whether you started your memoir with this central theme in mind, or if it evolved as part of your writing process.
BMN: It evolved, definitely. When I started writing this, I did
| "In his early twenties, Obama worked as a community organizer in a largely poor and black neighborhood of Chicago. | |
| Because his presidency ended so recently, and due to his young age, it could be three decades or more before the definitive biography of Obama is written. | |
| Bich Minh Nguyen is the author of the novel “Short Girls” and the memoir “Stealing Buddha's Dinner.”. |
Nguyen, Bich Minh 1974- -
- Bich Minh "Beth" Nguyen received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan, where she won Hopwood Awards in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.