The 2023-24 Norton Lectures with Viet Thanh Nguyen | To Save and to Destroy: On Writing as an Other
Norton Lecture Two: On Speaking as an Other | October 17, 2023
Timed to coincide with the release of Nguyen’s book, A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial, this lecture highlights some of the book’s themes and problems, especially concerning writing memoir as both an individual and a collective story, the perils of betrayal, and the difference between private secrets and open secrets.