School of Humanities

Beth Nguyen is the author of the memoirs Owner of a Lonely Heart (2023) and Stealing Buddha’s Dinner (2007), as well as the novels Short Girls (2009) and Pioneer Girl (2014). She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an American Book Award, and her work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Time, and Best American Essays. Nguyen is a professor of creative writing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The Friends of Humanities and School of Humanities honor our students’ academic achievements at the 32nd Annual Awards Ceremony.