Beth (Bich Minh) Nguyen

Position title: Dorothy Draheim Professor

Pronouns: She/her

Email: bnguyen9@wisc.edu

Address:
6195 HCW

Research Interests

Creative writing, creative nonfiction, fiction

Degrees and Institutions

  • MFA, University of Michigan

Recent Publications

Nonfiction books: OWNER OF A LONELY HEART (Scribner) and STEALING BUDDHA’S DINNER (Viking)

Fiction books: SHORT GIRLS (Viking) and PIONEER GIRL (Viking)

Essays in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, Best American Essays, and more.

Courses Taught

Graduate fiction workshop; graduate nonfiction workshop; pedagogy; undergraduate fiction workshop; undergraduate nonfiction workshop; undergraduate capstone in creative writing

Awards and Recognition

2024 Guggenheim Fellow