Beth (Bich Minh) Nguyen

Position title: Dorothy Draheim Professor & Director of MFA Program in Creative Writing

Pronouns: She/her/hers

Email: bnguyen9@wisc.edu

Address:
Helen C White, Rm. 6195

Research Interests

Creative writing: fiction and nonfiction

Degrees and Institutions

  • MFA, University of Michigan

Recent Publications

Nonfiction books: OWNER OF A LONELY HEART and STEALING BUDDHA’S DINNER

Fiction books: SHORT GIRLS and PIONEER GIRL

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