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writer & mixologist
Featured in: Cognoscenti's best stories of 2025
Featured in: Cognoscenti's best stories of 2025
"In 'KPop Demon Hunters,' there’s something ‘Golden’ for all of us," WBUR Cognoscenti, Oct 2025
"In 'KPop Demon Hunters,' there’s something ‘Golden’ for all of us," WBUR Cognoscenti, Oct 2025
The real power of “KPop Demon Hunters” lies not in its stellar animation and heart-pounding songs, but in its willingness to explicitly address the concept of shame, writes Thuy Phan.
LINK TO ORDER: Pangyrus 11: "When We Choose" Anthology
LINK TO ORDER: Pangyrus 11: "When We Choose" Anthology
FINALIST: swamp pink 2025 Nonfiction Prize
FINALIST: swamp pink 2025 Nonfiction Prize
Thuy Phan - writer's website
Thuy Phan - writer's website
WATCH REPLAY: Tell-All Boston Reading Event on June 13th
WATCH REPLAY: Tell-All Boston Reading Event on June 13th
Register now for Tell-All Boston Presents: Life on the Margins on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on June 13, 2024, 07:00 PM EDT.
PANEL REPLAY: "AAWW & Kundiman Present: Emerging Writers in Conversation" on May 2, 2024
PANEL REPLAY: "AAWW & Kundiman Present: Emerging Writers in Conversation" on May 2, 2024
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SHORTLISTED for CRAFT Literary Magazine's 2023 Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest
SHORTLISTED for CRAFT Literary Magazine's 2023 Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest
ESSAY: "Life lessons from Josh Groban, 365 days a year," WBUR Cognoscenti, Dec 2023
ESSAY: "Life lessons from Josh Groban, 365 days a year," WBUR Cognoscenti, Dec 2023
While Josh Groban makes an appearance on radio waves and playlists every holiday season, Thuy Phan has been a fan year-round since she was 12. Josh’s insistence on being versatile, playful and unrestricted by the conventional boundaries of genre gave me an example of how to grow into myself, she writes.
MINI-ESSAY: Love letter to Boston, WBUR Cognoscenti, Nov 2023
MINI-ESSAY: Love letter to Boston, WBUR Cognoscenti, Nov 2023
We set out to understand from our readers and contributors what it means to live in Boston and find your place in it. But after reading dozens of submissions, we realized that what we’ve actually compiled is a collection of love letters to our fair city.
ESSAY: "Why is it so hard to take up space?", Editors' Pick, Solstice's Annual Literary Contest, Aug 2023
ESSAY: "Why is it so hard to take up space?", Editors' Pick, Solstice's Annual Literary Contest, Aug 2023
Because you are only 5 feet 1.5 inches tall, and your limbs only stretch so far. You often speed-walk to keep pace with anyone over 6 feet.
ESSAY: "Mirrors," Pushcart Prize Nominated, Pangyrus, Feb 2023
ESSAY: "Mirrors," Pushcart Prize Nominated, Pangyrus, Feb 2023
She looks just like her father. A refrain that compresses my large eyes, high forehead, broad nose, and plump lips into an image of a man that lives in my m ...
ESSAY: "Backstreet’s back this holiday season — thanks to their music, I am too," WBUR Cognoscenti, Dec 2022
ESSAY: "Backstreet’s back this holiday season — thanks to their music, I am too," WBUR Cognoscenti, Dec 2022
I am a woman obsessed, writes Thuy Phan. But more truthfully, I’m a woman immersing herself in a past love, remembering who she used to be -- in order to feel more alive in the present.
MY ESSAY WAS FEATURED IN: Cognoscenti's best stories of 2022
MY ESSAY WAS FEATURED IN: Cognoscenti's best stories of 2022
We published hundreds of essays and commentaries in 2022. Here are the pieces that attracted the most readers, and took up the most space in our hearts and brains.
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: "Dream of Green: A Cocktail and Conversation with Susan Nguyen," DVAN's diaCRITICS, Feb 2022
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: "Dream of Green: A Cocktail and Conversation with Susan Nguyen," DVAN's diaCRITICS, Feb 2022
When I’m thinking about diaspora, I think about the grief and sadness for things that have happened (or didn’t happen) or things that have been lost. But there are also pockets of joy.
PODCAST FEATURE: NPR's Life Kit Podcast Episode: "You Need A Hobby. Here's How To Find One," May 13, 2021
PODCAST FEATURE: NPR's Life Kit Podcast Episode: "You Need A Hobby. Here's How To Find One," May 13, 2021
all my recipes!
all my recipes!
what I'm currently reading
what I'm currently reading
Thuy has 543 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading The Best American Essays 2025: A Premier Showcase of Critically Acclaimed Personal Essays, Sele...
my curated booklists
my curated booklists
Event Replay > ÁCCENTED: DVAN x Kaya Press: Ink & Blood Launch Event (Jun 2021)
Event Replay > ÁCCENTED: DVAN x Kaya Press: Ink & Blood Launch Event (Jun 2021)
Event Replay > ACCENTEDiRL: Writers in Diaspora with Thi Bui, Vincent Lam, Eric Nguyen, Kim Thuy. Hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen (May 2021)
Event Replay > ACCENTEDiRL: Writers in Diaspora with Thi Bui, Vincent Lam, Eric Nguyen, Kim Thuy. Hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen (May 2021)
Event Replay > The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen BOOK EVENT | APAHM Celebration (May 2021)
Event Replay > The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen BOOK EVENT | APAHM Celebration (May 2021)
Event Replay > ACCENTEDiRL: Reflections on April 30, 1975. Hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Apr 2021)
Event Replay > ACCENTEDiRL: Reflections on April 30, 1975. Hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Apr 2021)
Event Replay > ACCENTEDiRL: Tales from the Margins with Paul Bonnell, H'Rina DeTroy, Kao Kalia Yang & Souvankham Thammavongsa. Hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Apr 2021)
Event Replay > ACCENTEDiRL: Tales from the Margins with Paul Bonnell, H'Rina DeTroy, Kao Kalia Yang & Souvankham Thammavongsa. Hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Apr 2021)
Event Replay > ÁCCENTED: Tea & Tarot with She Who Has No Master(s) featuring Dao Strom, Hoa Nguyen, & Thi Bui (Mar 2021)
Event Replay > ÁCCENTED: Tea & Tarot with She Who Has No Master(s) featuring Dao Strom, Hoa Nguyen, & Thi Bui (Mar 2021)
Event Replay > ACCENTEDiRL: A Night of Poetry with Bao Phi, Cathy Linh Che, Diana Khoi Nguyen, & Paul Tran. Hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Feb 2021)
Event Replay > ACCENTEDiRL: A Night of Poetry with Bao Phi, Cathy Linh Che, Diana Khoi Nguyen, & Paul Tran. Hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Feb 2021)
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