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Nuclear war rehearsal and Gauguin biography make shortlist for Baillie Gifford prize

Books by Rachel Clarke, Richard Flanagan and Viet Thanh Nguyen are among the six competing for the nonfiction award

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie’s knife attack memoir longlisted for Baillie Gifford prize

Books by Richard Flanagan, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Rachel Cockerell and Jonathan Blitzer also in running for £50,000 nonfiction award

The Guardian - UK

HBO’s Twistiest Spy Thriller Turned Its Big Gimmick Into Its Wildest Twist

Robert Downey Jr.'s multiple roles in 'The Sympathizer' was more than just flashy stunt casting. Park Chan-wook and others speak about the surprisingly layered gimmick.

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Sympathizer end is "not about nihilism"

Don McKellar discusses Robert Downey Jr, the Captain's epiphanies and closing the story in the brutal present tense

Salon

TV tonight: Park Chan-wook’s adaptation starring Hoa Xuande and Robert Downey Jr

Sandra Oh is also among the cast of The Sympathizer, based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer-winning novel. Plus: D-Day 80: We Were There. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

"This happened with Vietnam too"

The actor discusses the role he first read for, the legacy of US Vietnamese journalism and who Sonny is based on

Salon

TEST YOURSELF: Double agent drama

New spy drama The Sympathizer is worth watching

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Park Chan-wook talks Sympathizer, Oldboy

The filmmaker on his creative approach to adapting Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel for HBO and the "Oldboy" influence

Salon

Vietnamese Actors Take Center Stage In 'The Sympathizer'

Discover how Vietnamese filmmaker Phanxinê and the cast of 'The Sympathizer' challenge traditional narratives of the Vietnam War through authentic storytel...

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You'll feel for "The Sympathizer"

This adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2016 Pulitzer Prize novel persuades us to embrace its beautiful confusion

Salon

Team Downey Successfully Adapts 'The Sympathizer' For HBO Series

Susan Downey and Amanda Burrell take on the challenge of co-executive producing HBO's 'The Sympathizer,' a Vietnam war-era spy thriller, navigating complex...

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New on HBO and Max in April 2024 — all the new shows and movies to watch

'The Zone of Interest,' a new spy thriller miniseries 'The Sympathizer,' and more great shows and movies arrive on Max in April 2024.

Tom’s Guide

Robert Downey Jr. stars as CIA agent in HBO espionage thriller

Robert Downey Jr. stars in HBO's The Sympathizer, an espionage thriller series based on Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel. Directed by Park Chan-Wook, the show fol...

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HBO announces premiere date and reveals trailer for The Sympathizer

HBO's The Sympathizer, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, gets a new trailer and premiere date, offering a thrilling spy thriller and satire set in...

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The Independent UK

2023 in books: Protests, bannings and the rise of AI helped shape the story of publishing

The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves

The Guardian - US

‘McCarthyite backlash’: response to criticism of Israel alarms rights groups

Civil rights groups say critics of the Israeli assault on Gaza have lost jobs and students who support Palestine have been blacklisted

WEKU

Cultural figures find perils to speaking out and staying silent about Mideast crisis

Cultural figureheads are expected to speak out about world events. But some are facing real-world consequences for making public declarations about the present conflict.

WEKU

Staff at NYC cultural center resign after acclaimed author's event canceled

After a talk by Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen was "postponed," some authors also pulled out of future events. The writer had signed an open letter criticizing Israel and calling for a ceasefire.

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'A Man of Two Faces' is a riveting, one-stop primer on Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer author's memoir is cocky and riveting — self-consciously constructed as if written for a standup audience and serving as a generous, one-stop primer for his fiction and scholarly work.

The Guardian - UK

Authors call for AI companies to stop using their work without consent

Margaret Atwood, Viet Thanh Nguyen and 8,000 others have signed an open letter asking that permission is obtained and compensation given when a writer’s work is used by AI

WEKU

Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission

Nora Roberts, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Michael Chabon and Margaret Atwood are among those signing an Authors Guild letter asking artificial intelligence companies to get permission or offer compensation.

The Guardian - US

‘A culture, a people, an ethos’: one of the US’s oldest Asian American bookstores closes

As Eastwind Books of Berkeley shutters in California, local residents mourn the loss of a community

WEKU

Two sisters fight for Vietnam's independence

The novel Bronze Drum explores the legend of the sisters' rebellion against Chinese rule and the idea of collective memory as resistance.

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June

Sinéad Gleeson, Gurnaik Johal and Guardian readers discuss the titles they’ve read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

Tribune News Service

6 new paperbacks to add to your spring reading list

Should you be in need of fresh spring reading, look no further: five lovely novels, and one very thick (but worth the weight!) biography, all newly published in paperback.

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