Dean Van Nguyen
@deanvannguyen
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Writer. Irish-Vietnamese. Author of Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah (2019) and Words For My Comrades (May 2025). Agent: Chris Clemans at @JanklowNesbit
Joined July 2009
RT @richardajkeys: So the window 'slams shut' today. Count how many times you hear that said. Truth is it simply 'closes'.
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Was also on the end of the most hilarious cooking some time ago.
@LukeEdwardsTele I remember as I then asked someone who you were, was told, and then felt guilty that I'd inadvertently played a part in helping a Luke Edwards article reach the world wide web.
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Absolute love this guy. Was goaded online into making these wild statements re: Isak all summer only to drop this masterpiece of mea culpa last night. Salute
As a high ranking Liverpool official said this summer, if you want to know what is really happening at Newcastle United read Luke Edwards in the Telegraph. I was flattered. I only ever report what I’m told and learn. I was wrong to say that Alexander Isak would not be sold this.
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RT @MattySixTimes: This week I will be mostly reading the new @deanvannguyen book - Words For My Comrades. Been eagerly awaiting getting a….
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RT @AnCloganMag: GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: .cultural critic and writer @deanvannguyen joins us at An Clogán's inaugural launch party to d….
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Friday week! A stacked line-up assembles at the Sugar Club, Dublin to launch this stellar new leftist magazine. Get tix via @AnCloganMag
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RT @phuonghhle: I adore Stéphane Ly-Cuong's charming musical comedy IN THE NGUYEN KITCHEN, a rare chance to see the Vietnamese-French diasp….
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RT @RuptureMag_: New issue of Rupture is out! . It features articles on "Culture War", women in the vanguard, historical materialism, a rev….
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Genius.
Garnacho, Mainoo, Hojlund. They're the three INEOS should be building around.
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I logged onto Zoom to chat about Tupac with the great @drewmillard. Before I knew it, two hours had zipped by. You can read the best of my ramblings via the super cool @superemptync
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A new book explores the radical influences (including his Black Panther, Lumberton, NC-raised mother) that shaped the late rapper's life, and still emanate through his pop culture mythology today.
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New York! On Saturday, September 13 I’ll be at the righteous 1804 Books to chat about Words for My Comrades. Conversation, book signings, crowd members spontaneously doing the Humpty Dance (probably). register for free via Eventbrite
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RT @Passionweiss: 2Pac's musical legacy & the circumstances of his murder have been endlessly dissected, but his political philosophy has r….
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In his new book, Dean Van Nguyen outlines how 2Pac's revolutionary-minded on-mic ethos left a lasting footprint on the rap game in the decades since his death.
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"Nonpolitical"
Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley says he will make a decision soon on whether to run for the Áras. The dancer and choreographer says he’s "nonpolitical" and feels the role should be an "ambassador" for Irish culture. #VMNews | @hannahmurphnews
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Black Panther, Young Lord, soldier in the takeover of Lincoln Hospital, Tupac's occasional babysitter. I was lucky to interview Cleo Silvers twice for my book. Her input was invaluable; her commitment to the socialist principles she'd maintained since her youth was inspiring. RIP
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Wrote about the big man they call Homeboy
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Read Dean Van Nguyen’s review of the album.
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“The Social Democrats do politics differently”. Looks like the same careerism and looking after their own to me, but with even more hypocrisy.
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