Beth (Bich Minh) Nguyen
Dorothy Puestow Draheim Professor of English
She/her
6195 HCW
Biography
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