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Coming up on forum, Vietan Wyn, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sympathizer,

has a new book called A Man of Two Faces, which he describes as a memoir,

a history, and a memorial. At age four, Wynne fled Vietnam with his parents and his brother,

stopping at several American military bases abroad, where he was temporarily separated from his

family when he was placed in the homes of American sponsors. It's a time when struggles to remember,

highlighting the fragility of our memories and the stories we tell ourselves. This hour,

we take a closer look at that intersection of art, memory, and displacement. Join us after this news.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.

When does memory begin?

That's a question Vietan Wynne poses in the opening lines of his new book,

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