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Monique Truong @moniquetruong.bsky.social · 20d

“Recognizing the Stranger” convo w/ Vietnamese German novelist @pham-fatale.bsky.social & me, Tues, Oct 21, 6:30 pm at Goethe-Insitut NYC, free w/ rsvp. www.eventbrite.com/e/festival-n...

Q: What text have you written that feels especially important now?

A: Lttr to Paddington Bear & empathy.

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · Oct 1

BOOK LAUNCH TONIGHT! 7pm ET! THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM!

Lana Lin will be in conversation with @moniquetruong.bsky.social at Books Are Magic (& streaming online, too).

www.booksaremagic.net/events/32868...

Lana Lin: The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam w/ Monique Truong | Books Are Magic

Your Favorite Indie Bookstore!

www.booksaremagic.net

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Barbara Tran @staranise99.bsky.social · Apr 21

Vinh Nguyen will be in conversation with Monique Truong this Thurs, 7PM, Yu & Me Books, NYC. The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse is poetry disguised in paragraphs. These 2 writers, stars.
#canlit #booksky #memoir #literature #vietlit #read
@cousinvinnhy.bsky.social @moniquetruong.bsky.social

Catapult Book Group @catapultbooks.bsky.social · Feb 6

Early praise is rolling in for THE MIGRANT RAIN FALLS IN REVERSE! Publishers Weekly calls it "Inventive. . . [Nguyen] nimbly transports readers to a blurry past and immerses them in the biographical ambiguities of life as a refugee."

The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memory of Vietnam by Vinh Nguyen

New Quarterly editor Nguyen (Lived Refuge) reflects on his father’s life and his own experiences as a Vietnam War refugee in thi...

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Catapult Book Group @catapultbooks.bsky.social · Feb 6

Early praise is rolling in for THE MIGRANT RAIN FALLS IN REVERSE! Publishers Weekly calls it "Inventive. . . [Nguyen] nimbly transports readers to a blurry past and immerses them in the biographical ambiguities of life as a refugee."

The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memory of Vietnam by Vinh Nguyen

New Quarterly editor Nguyen (Lived Refuge) reflects on his father’s life and his own experiences as a Vietnam War refugee in thi...

buff.ly

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Mar 24

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Mar 1

Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."

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Bao Ong @baohaus1.bsky.social · Feb 11

It's my first day as the @houstonchronicle.com's new restaurant critic. There's a lot of ground to cover in the country's fourth largest city. As always, appreciative of any and all restaurant tips! TIA!

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Monique Truong @moniquetruong.bsky.social · Feb 18

March 25, 6-8 pm, Rizzoli Bookstore in NYC, I'll speak w/ Yoko Tawada about her novels SUGGESTED IN THE STARS, trans. Margaret Mitsutani, and PAUL CELAN AND THE TRANS-TIBETAN ANGEL, trans. @translationista.bsky.social, from @ndbooks.bsky.social. Registration free.
www.eventbrite.com/e/yoko-tawad...

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yoko-tawada-with-monique-truong-tickets-1245253870849

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Simon & Schuster Ed/Library @ssedlib.bsky.social · Jan 29

#MaisAoDai co-authors Thai Nguyen and Monique Truong introduce us to Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Tết!
Watch here: bit.ly/4h5SUWc

Learn about Tết with the authors of Mai's Áo Dài!

Authors Thái Nguyễn and Monique Truong talk about traditions for Tết, the Lunar New Year. Read more in their picture book, Mai's Áo Dài, on sale now!

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School Library Journal @slj.com · Jan 23

Young readers of all ages can enjoy the various activities involved with Lunar New Year as they read these titles.

Celebrate Lunar New Year with These 9 Books for Kids, Tweens, and Teens

Young readers of all ages can enjoy the various activites involved with Lunar New Year as they read these titles.

www.slj.com

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Monique Truong @moniquetruong.bsky.social · Jan 21

I’ll be leaving FB & Insta as of Feb 28. All my Mai's Áo Dài posts & reposts will be here!

Simon & Schuster Ed/Library @ssedlib.bsky.social · Jan 14

Happy Release Day to Mai's Áo Dài 🧧

Celebrity fashion designer Thai Nguyen from Netflix’s Say I Do joins forces with bestselling author Monique Truong in this charming #picturebook about embracing the traditions that tie generations together—centered around Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year.

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