ARTSPEAK RADIO presents, Phong Nguyen & Joe Orser

Phong Nguyen curates a very special show based on alternate history with historian/writer Joe Orser.

Phong Nguyen, is a writer, editor, teacher, and author of “Pages from The Textbook of Alternate History.” He is editor of Pleiades and author of Memory Sickness and Other Stories. Nguyen teaches fiction and American literature at the University of Central Missouri, where he lives with his wife, artist Sarah Nguyen, and their three children.

Joe Orser teaches history and writing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. His interests include Asian American history, U.S. foreign relations, and cultural history. Before going to grad school to become a historian, Joe worked as a journalist for almost 10 years in Bangkok, Thailand, and his hometown of Gainesville, Florida. “The Lives of Chang and Eng” is his first book.


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