This month we will be discussing Eric Nguy en's "Things We Lost to the Water". You can find the material in our catal og here:
\nThings We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen
\nThings We Lost to the Water \;(2021) is Eric Nguyen&rsquo\;s debut novel. Categorized as a coming-of-age story\, a saga\, and domestic fiction\, the novel is n arrated from multiple perspectives and follows the lives and vastly differ ent immigrant experiences of three characters as they move from Vietnam to New Orleans in the US and build new lives.
\nEric Nguyen\, an Ameri can-born child of Vietnamese immigrants\, has an MFA in Creative \;Wri ting \;from McNeese State University in Louisiana\, which inspired the New Orleans \;setting \;(To\, Sydney Van. &ldquo\;&lsquo\;Your Pl ans Are Never Going to Work&rsquo\;: An Interview With Eric Nguyen.&rdquo\ ; \;Chicago Review of Books\, 14 May 2021)\, and has received fellowsh ips from Voices of Our Nation Arts\, Lambda Literary\, and the Tin House W riters Workshop. In addition\, Nguyen serves as the editor-in-chief of dia CRITICS.org\, which &ldquo\;highlights art\, literature\, and stories from writers\, artists\, and culture-makers of the Vietnamese and Southeast As ian diaspora\, on and from all shores&rdquo\; (&ldquo\;Mission.&rdquo\;&nb sp\;DVAN\, \;Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network). The novel explores several themes&mdash\;Family Versus Self\, \;Immigrant Experience Ver sus Identity\, \;Fatherhood/Parental Influence\, and \;Making/Find ing a Home&mdash\;as well as the \;symbolism \;of \;water\, wr iting\, \;language \;as identity\, and the \;phone \;as a means of connection (or reconnection).
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