Phong Nguyen

@AlternaHistory

Author (The Bronze Drum, Roundabout, The Adventures of Joe Harper) and Miller Family Endowed Chair in Literature and Writing at the University of Missouri

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Joined August 2013
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  1. May 9

    In books with Parts, do you like when each subsequent Part resets to Chapter 1? Or do you prefer the chapters be cumulative despite these Parts? Why? (see below) Part I Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Part II Chapter 1 Chapter 2 OR Part I Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Part II Chapter 3 Chapter 4

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  2. May 9

    What I've learned about myself during the pandemic, in the form of a six-word story: "When doom approaches, I write faster."

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  3. May 7

    The email sign-off "Best," really seems like it's reaching these days.

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    May 5

    I'll always remember this as the semester I used the humanities rather than math for calculating final grades.

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  5. May 5

    The real measure of my productivity is not whether I've gotten my inbox down to zero, it's whether I've gotten my open browser tabs down to one: the next novel project.

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  6. May 2

    Back at the writing desk after months away--this has been the longest break from writing I've had in my career, and I can't put the blame entirely on COVID. The uncertainty and fear is still there, but it feels good to invent again. Now back to the page...

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    Apr 30

    Fiction writers should be banned from having to write essays thematically and painfully linked to their own books which they are often ill-equipped to write

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  8. Apr 30

    I personally take credit for this.

    Print Unit Sales Rose 10.1% Last Week
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  9. Apr 29

    With only two days left of National Poetry Month, here is "The Breathing, the Endless News" by Rita Dove:

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    Apr 28

    Seniors lost their senior spring, which suuuuuuuuuuuuucks. This get-together will be not as fun as originally intended, but not un-fun. Thinking to do it Passover-style (drink a glass of wine in reclining position).

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  11. Apr 28

    No more using unfamiliar bathrooms. 12/12

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  12. Apr 28

    It normalizes social distancing, which is good in general for immuncompromised individuals, not only during a global pandemic. 11/

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  13. Apr 28

    Not driving anywhere is good for the environment. 10/

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  14. Apr 28

    RPGs, party games, and multiplayer video games are all still possible. 9/

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  15. Apr 28

    Punctuality (no traffic- or parking-related excuses for lateness). 8/

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  16. Apr 28

    If anyone feels even slightly incomfortable, they can just turn off their computer. 7/

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  17. Apr 28

    Better to use a screen to talk with friends than to scroll anonymously through their social media feeds. 6/

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  18. Apr 28

    Pants optional. 5/

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  19. Apr 28

    No risk of anyone driving under the influence.

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  20. Apr 28

    Drinks are cheaper. 3/

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