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Benedict Nguyen

Benedict Nguyen

Spring 2017 Session

Benedict Nguyen is an independent writer, dancer, and administrator based in NYC. A second-generation Vietnamese American and graduate of Vassar College, they research and reinterpret trauma, queer of color critique, affect, and performance studies across their multidisciplinary work. In their current writing projects, Benedict draws from melancholy and absurdity to speculate possibilities for renegotiation and reclamation.

Benedict Nguyen worked with the writer Dan Calhoun.

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