When we first reached out to the writer Viet Nguyen in April 2015 and suggested he come to the Wellstone Center in the Redwoods for an Author Talk event, he was an intriguing up-and-comer. His first novel, The Sympathizer, was just being published, soon to garner rapturous reviews and a groundswell of acclaim. Viet kindly agreed to do an event in April …
