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424- Can The Japanese Internment Camps Happen Again? - Author Kevin Nguyen
Can The Japanese Internment Camps Happen Again?
In this episode, we sit with Kevin Nguyen, author of the new novel Mỹ Documents, a chilling and satirical reimagining of American history. Kevin is the features editor at The Verge, formerly a senior editor at GQ, and the author of New Waves.
We talk about his latest book, which imagines a near-future America where Vietnamese Americans are rounded up and detained in internment camps following a wave of national panic. Set through the perspectives of four cousins—Ursula, Alvin, Jen, and Duncan—Mỹ Documents explores family, ambition, and the…
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