2025

Proud to be part of the The Pasticheur, a Literary Review journal from people at Vassar, Amherst, Dickinson College & others, with my non-fiction essay called MEETING BELLEW.

It’s one of the dozen+ in my personal project currently titled TRAVEL LIKE A REFUGEE—

2024

See if you can spot a photo of Thuc in Elizabeth Ai’s book about Vietnamese New Wave out from Angel City Press

Check out this flip through! – Number 1 New Release – sold out on some sites – amazing

2023-24

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Thuc is the Keynote Speaker for the Tulane University First Year Experience Reading Program (for Fall 2023 & for Spring 2024), sponsored by Kylene and Brad Beers. The lecture’s title is a line from Nguyen’s work in progress collection of essays called TRAVEL LIKE A REFUGEE—

Thuc and her dogs are featured in the book CALIFORNIA DREAMERS by acclaimed East Village photographer of NEW YORKERS – Sally Davies

IN PROGRESS

Book deck samples:

Travel Like a Refugee, aka Pho-Qween Unbelievable

Eat Pray Love in reverse:

An Asian-diaspora person who goes in-country in America from abroad

Helping to fan the flames of a new ‘aughts Satanic Panic

Becoming more misanthropic (but still believe in the good that is somewhere in humanity)

Same book – different title and deck style

Ideas on the mind (It’s just really fun to make decks):

Women’s Ghost Stories Book

Women’s Travel Book

2022

Great to be photographed for a book by Sally

Part of this book out March-2022 (new pub date! darn supply chain) from

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (not Dunder Mifflin- there’s a difference)

Actually – out from Harper Collins (who acquired HMH)

Update: This book is now a New York Times Bestseller!

Be sure to check out the “I will not love you long time” lady… wonder who that is…

Asian Stuff:

While we’re at it – guess who’s next to Aquaman, also with the wavy non-straight hair,

in this collage made by Cal Endow!