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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen knows what it's like to be invisible in a crowded room. His family came to America as refugees from Vietnam and his work — including his novel "The Sympathizer" — explores the way immigrants are often ignored in this county in daily life, only to find themselves subjected to intense scrutiny in moments of crisis. 

He spoke with Kerri Miller about Ralph Ellison's novel, "Invisible Man," a book he said inspired him to become the writer he is today.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen, who just won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel "The Sympathizer," shares how Ralph Ellison inspired him to become a writer.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen knows what it's like to be invisible in a crowded room. His family came to America as refugees from Vietnam and his work - including his novel, The Sympathizer - explores the way immigrants are often ignored in this country in daily life, only to find themselves subjected to intense scrutiny in moments of crisis.  He spoke with Kerri Miller about Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man, a book he said inspired him to become the writer he is today.

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