Emma Sarconi interviews Nghi Vo at this book launch event for "Don't Sleep with the Dead," a novella about Nick Carraway and his life following the tragic ending of "The Great Gatsby."
About the Book (from the publisher):
From award-winning author Nghi Vo comes "Don't Sleep with the Dead," a standalone companion novella to "The Chosen and the Beautiful," her acclaimed reimagining of "The Great Gatsby" hailed by NPR as a "a vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age classic."
Nick Carraway―paper soldier and novelist―has found a life and a living watching the mad magical spectacle of New York high society in the late thirties. He's good at watching, and he's even better at pretending: pretending to be straight, pretending to be human, pretending he's forgotten the events of that summer in 1922.
On the eve of the second World War, however, Nick learns that someone's been watching him pretend and that memory goes both ways. When he sees a familiar face one very dark night, it quickly becomes clear that dead or not, damned or not, Jay Gatsby isn't done with him.
In all paper there is memory, and Nick's ghost has come home.
About the Author: 
Nghi Vo is the author of the novels "Siren Queen" and "The Chosen and the Beautiful," as well as the acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle, which began with "The Empress of Salt and Fortune." The series entries have been finalists for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Lambda Literary Award, and have won the Crawford Award, the Ignyte Award, and the Hugo Award. Born in Illinois, she now lives on the shores of Lake Michigan. She believes in the ritual of lipstick, the power of stories, and the right to change your mind.
About the Great Gatsby at 100 Series:
To commemorate the centennial of the publication of “The Great Gatsby” in 2025, Princeton University Library and community partners have planned a suite of on- and off-campus programming inspired by the library’s significant Fitzgerald and “The Great Gatsby” related holdings. Programming includes collaborations and events with Princeton Public Library, Lewis Center for the Arts, Cotsen Children’s Library, Friends of Princeton University Library, Princeton Garden Theatre, and the Arts Council of Princeton. For a complete schedule and more information, visit this link.
