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Nation of Writers

Nation of Writers

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A new series presented in conjunction with our forthcoming virtual exhibit American Voices. Throughout this monthly series we will talk with experts around the country about the writers that have shaped our nation with their words and you'll get the inside scoop about these writers and their processes© 2021 The American Writers Museum Arte
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  • Episode 53: Nguyễn Quí Đức
    Jun 6 2025
    In this episode, we discuss the life and legacy of Nguyễn Quí Đức. Born in Da Lat, Vietnam in 1958, Đức arrived in the United States at 17 as a refugee of the Vietnam War. He would go on to become a journalist, translator, writer, and radio producer, working for the BBC in London, KALW-FM in San Francisco, and for NPR. He was the host of Pacific Time, KQED-FM Public Radio’s national program on Asian and Asian American life. In addition to his journalistic work, Đức also published the hugely influential family memoir Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of [...]
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    53 m
  • Episode 52: F. Scott Fitzgerald
    May 16 2025
    In this episode, we discuss the life and legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Born in 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, when he was 23. He would go on to become a Jazz Age celebrity and his short stories and novels captured the exuberance, excess, and irony of the era. For all of its sparkle, Fitzgerald’s work is also thoughtful, yearning, and poignant. His classic novel, The Great Gatsby, is a rueful examination of the American Dream and, ultimately, its emptiness. Fitzgerald, too, experienced the elusiveness of this dream. After his initial [...]
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    44 m
  • Episode 51: Flannery O'Connor
    Apr 4 2025
    In this episode, we discuss the life and work of Flannery O’Connor. Born in Georgia in 1925, O’Connor wrote prolifically before her early death at age 39 due to lupus. She routinely wrote every morning until noon, and spent her afternoons and evenings tending to her domestic birds or entertaining visitors. Informed by the community surrounding her Georgia hometown and her Catholic faith, O’Connor’s short fiction is rich with complex antiheroes and ironic moral turns. “I write,” she said, “because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” O’Connor will be featured in the American Writers [...]
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    34 m
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