“Mỹ Documents,” by Kevin Nguyen. Published by One World. 352 pages. $27. In a May 2000 essay for Essence magazine, Octavia Butler wrote that “to try to foretell the future without studying history is ...
The writer and editor’s sophomore novel draws inspiration from the Vietnam War, Japanese internment camps and timeless family dynamics Matt Martin, One World Kevin Nguyen presents an eerie, prominent, ...