Nguyen explores works of literature that he has found most useful and inspirational in helping him define his worldview, his political and literary aesthetics ... Erudite ... Nguyen often leavens his tales with self-deprecating humor.
He affectingly weaves his Vietnamese refugee family history and his expansive literary command of the works of dead white men and more empathic 'at the moment' writers.
An essential addition for collections about the process and theory of writing, authors of diverse backgrounds, and particularly the experiences of Asian Americans, immigrants, and refugees in the United States.
