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Author: Thi Bui

Thi Bui was born in Vietnam three months before the end of the Vietnam War, and immigrated to the U.S. with her family in 1978. Her forthcoming graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do (Abrams, March 2017) has been selected as both an Indies Introduce and Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers title. She has just finished illustrating A Different Pond, a children’s book by Bao Phi (Capstone, Fall 2017). Thi taught high school in New York City and was a founding teacher of Oakland International High School, the first public high school in California for recent immigrants and English learners. She currently teaches in the MFA in Comics program at the California College of the Arts. She lives in Berkeley.

“I Was Going to Save Everybody Else in This World.”

by Thi Bui

Posted on June 22, 2020June 25, 2020

Part five in our interview series “In/Vulnerable” – an eldercare nurse in Connecticut.

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“My Daughter Died Giving Her Heart Helping”

by Thi Bui

Posted on June 15, 2020December 21, 2021

Part four in our interview series “In/Vulnerable” – the mother of a COVID victim in Maryland.

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“It Felt Like the Floor Was Giving in on Me”

by Thi Bui

Posted on June 8, 2020July 21, 2021

Part three in our interview series “In/Vulnerable” – a young woman caring for her brothers in Chicago.

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“Scary Times Can Be Exciting As Well.”

by Thi Bui

Posted on May 25, 2020July 21, 2021

Part two in our interview series “In/Vulnerable” – an executive at an investment firm.

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“If The Virus Makes It Here, This Place Is a Ticking Time Bomb”

by Thi Bui

Posted on May 18, 2020July 21, 2021

Part one in our interview series “Invulnerable” – a prisoner at the Pine Prairie ICE processing center.

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Refugee to Detainee: How the U.S. is Deporting Those Seeking a Safe Haven

by Thi Bui

Posted on June 13, 2018March 18, 2021

Refugees are being deported in droves, specifically Southeast Asian families. How did we get here? Bill Clinton’s 1994 crime bill is largely to blame.

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Fear is a Great Motivator for Political Action

by Thi Bui

Posted on January 14, 2017

Joining the fight in Trump’s America.

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