A reading online with winners Monique Truong and Joe Jiménez. More info to come.

Instagram Live Chat Monique Truong in conversation with Kenny Leck, owner of BooksActually, about the forthcoming Singaporean/Malaysian edition of The Sweetest Fruits (Gaudy Boy, 2021).

Monique Truong and Jemimah Wei chat about their favorite fruits, mangosteen feuds, and other literary musings, along with a reading of THE SWEETEST FRUITS. Winners of Singapore Unbound's 7th Singapore Poetry Contest will also be reading their fruit-inspired poems, with an introduction from Marylyn Tan, this year's judge. We invite you to bring your own […]

Monique Truong and Leena Khaled Al-Mujahed, founder of Yemeni Refugee Women Association, in conversation.

Radical Books Collective is dedicated to creating progressive conversations about books and publishing. In collaboration with Gaudy Boy Publishing, they've selected The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong as the first book of their Fall 2021 online book club. A discussion among the readers will be followed by Truong who'll read from her novel and answer […]

Monique Truong in conversation with Kim Thúy about her new novel, Em, and the layers of pain and trauma in stories we thought we knew. 

Monique Truong in conversation with Mayukh Sen in celebration of his new book, Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, which brings forward the stories of seven immigrant women whose legacies are complicated and often erased, despite their deep global influence in food. Their histories unwrap, layer by layer, revealing experiences of food, […]

Opening remarks by the award-winning author Monique Truong. The six German-language authors of Festival Neue Literatur pair up with celebrated American authors to give a sampling from their work: Anna Baar (Austria); Isabel Fargo Cole and Sasha Marianna Salzmann (Germany); Judith Keller and Ivna Žic (Switzerland); and Benjamin Quaderer (Liechtenstein). English excerpts will be read by American authors John Keene, Idra Novey, John Wray and more.  The event is online, free of charge, and […]

This is an online event.

In commemoration of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s 30th anniversary, AAWW at 30 will explore the values and ideas that lie at the heart of the Workshop’s mission. From the complexities of representation to the need for an artistic home to interrogating our editorial and archival legacies, this series of events will serve not only […]

A sonic essay by Ayşe Köklü, based on the novel BITTER IN THE MOUTH by Monique Truong.

Featured speaker: reading and Q&A.

Longwood's English and Modern Languages Department hosts an on-campus reading and interview with award-winning novelist and essayist Monique Truong, the 2021 John Dos Passos Prize winner, on Thursday April 7. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Jarman Hall, followed by a book signing with the writer and complimentary refreshments in the first-floor […]

Presented by the AAWW in partnership with the Asian American Studies Program & Center at Hunter College and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, a special reading, in-person and online, with many of the writers who helped make the St. Marks space so special: Marina Budhos, Nancy Bulalacao, Christina Chiu, Curtis Chin, […]

World premiere of a nine-movement work, commissioned by The Juilliard School for Juilliard415 & Music Advancement Program Chorus. Composer/conductor: Francisco J. Núñez, Lyricist: Monique Truong.

Welcome cocktail at 6:00pm; presentations begin at 6:15pm. Please RSVP to news@civitella.org

An evening of conversation on contemporary literature, language, and the publishing industry, featuring a brief reading from the author and translator of the Japanese translation of The Sweetest Fruits (Shueisha, 2022), discussion, and audience Q&A session moderated by Professor Shawn Higgins of TUJ. Free online event link. Meeting ID: 936 9734 1171

World premiere: or/and is a multimedia chamber operatic poem, following the journey of a composer who finds her voice only when she accepts the seeming contradictions of her immigrant identity. Choosing “and” over the divisive “or,” this work taps into the inclusive power of AND to help mend our divided world. Composer: Shih-Hui Chen, Librettist: Monique Truong, Director/scenic […]

World premiere: or/and is a multimedia chamber operatic poem, following the journey of a composer who finds her voice only when she accepts the seeming contradictions of her immigrant identity. Choosing “and” over the divisive “or,” this work taps into the inclusive power of AND to help mend our divided world. Composer: Shih-Hui Chen, Librettist: Monique Truong, Director/scenic […]

A conversation with Monique Truong and Scripps College Assistant Professor of English Leila Mansouri

Monique Truong is the 2023 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence. The reading will be on Tuesday, Mar. 28 at 7:30 pm at Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall and will be open to the public.

Live online & free. An operatic response to the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes, Fractured Mosaics explores the kaleidoscope of cultures and politics of the 20 different ethnic groups that are encompassed under the insufficient umbrella term of “Asian American.” In this live digital opera, five composer-librettists teams create operatic vignettes of Asian Americans establishing […]

Live online & free. An operatic response to the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes, Fractured Mosaics explores the kaleidoscope of cultures and politics of the 20 different ethnic groups that are encompassed under the insufficient umbrella term of “Asian American.” In this live digital opera, five composer-librettists teams create operatic vignettes of Asian Americans establishing […]

Live online & free. An operatic response to the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes, Fractured Mosaics explores the kaleidoscope of cultures and politics of the 20 different ethnic groups that are encompassed under the insufficient umbrella term of “Asian American.” In this live digital opera, five composer-librettists teams create operatic vignettes of Asian Americans establishing […]

AAAYA Board Member, Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe, in a joint collaboration with her lab Kitchen Marronage, will host the kitchen talk with Monique Truong, covering food histories, literature, and Afro-Asian Archives in the Americas. Moderated Q&A will follow.

Class visit: Elizabeth Collins, Ph.D.'s "Decolonizing French Food Through Literature, Art & Film."

Celebrate the release of the 25th anniversary edition of 'Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose', created by the DVAN and TTUP.

Online reading and Q&A hosted by Department of the History of American Literature and Culture in the Institute of English Studies with Associate Professor of American Studies Michał Choiński.

A collaboration between the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and MoMA, this conversation will explore themes of memory, autobiography, authenticity, heritage, and the relationship to photography in the work of artist An-My Lê and writers Monique Truong and Ocean Vuong. This event is in conjunction with the exhibition An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre […]

National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, '23-'24 Season. By composer Shih-Hui Chen, with libretto by Monique Truong, and directed by Doug Fitch, this chamber opera follows the journey of a composer who finds her voice only when she accepts the seeming contradictions of her immigrant identity. Featuring soprano: Lini Gong, percussion: Ai-Yun Huang, violin: Pei-Ju Chen, cello: […]

National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, '23-'24 Season. By composer Shih-Hui Chen, with libretto by Monique Truong, and directed by Doug Fitch, this chamber opera follows the journey of a composer who finds her voice only when she accepts the seeming contradictions of her immigrant identity. Featuring soprano: Lini Gong, percussion: Ai-Yun Huang, violin: Pei-Ju Chen, cello: […]

National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, '23-'24 Season. By composer Shih-Hui Chen, with libretto by Monique Truong, and directed by Doug Fitch, this chamber opera follows the journey of a composer who finds her voice only when she accepts the seeming contradictions of her immigrant identity. Featuring soprano: Lini Gong, percussion: Ai-Yun Huang, violin: Pei-Ju Chen, cello: […]

National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, '23-'24 Season. By composer Shih-Hui Chen, with libretto by Monique Truong, and directed by Doug Fitch, this chamber opera follows the journey of a composer who finds her voice only when she accepts the seeming contradictions of her immigrant identity. Featuring soprano: Lini Gong, percussion: Ai-Yun Huang, violin: Pei-Ju Chen, cello: […]

With moderator: John Phan, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures.

Monique Truong & Ruth Reichl in conversation. Tickets will become available Wednesday, July 24 for the general public. Individual session tickets will start at $15.

Come and say hello to Thai Nguyen and Monique Truong! Copies of Mai's Ao Dai, their co-written children's picture book, illustrated by Dung Ho will be available for purchase.

Thái Nguyễn and Monique Truong invite you to a book party for Mai's Áo Dài (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books) AND a very special preview of Thai Nguyen Atelier’s one-of-a-kind áo dài designs modeled by their friends! Your "ticket" is a copy of Mai’s Áo Dài, please arrive with it in hand!

Join the Library and Vietnam Society for a special afternoon of food and fashion celebrating Tết, the Lunar New Year with Monique Truong, Thai Nguyen, Kevin Tien, and Anita Mannur. Mai’s Áo Dài: Children's Picture Book Reading and Activity - 1 – 2 p.m. Kicking off this afternoon is a reading and activity with celebrity […]

Rizzoli Bookstore welcomes the internationally renowned writer Yoko Tawada for a rare New York appearance, on the heels of the English publication of her novel Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel, translated by Susan Bernofsky, and the second installment in her beloved Scattered trilogy, Suggested in the Stars, translated by Margaret Mitsutani. Tawada will be in conversation with Monique Truong […]

Book Talk: THE MIGRANT RAIN FALLS IN REVERSE by Vinh Nguyen takes readers on a poignant tour of disappeared refugee camps, abandoned family homes, and the lives that could have been. As the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War approaches, this powerful memoir is timelier and more important than ever, illuminating the stories, real […]

DVAN, the Creative Writing MFA Program at the New School, Poets & Writers, and The Brooklyn Rail, with support from the Authors Guild, and AAWW, present Viet Thanh Nguyen, Cathy Linh Che, Lan Duong, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, and Monique Truong. Fifty years since the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War, our panel will discuss two new […]

Book launch for The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam by Lana Lin. Each ticket will include either a copy of the featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card. The event will also be livestreamed.

Join us for storytime with Thai Nguyen and Monique Truong, co-authors of the children’s picture book, Mai’s Áo Dài, which celebrates cultural pride, family connections, and the beauty of tradition.

The 2025 edition of Festival Neue Literatur kicks off with Vietnamese-German writer Khuê Phạm and Vietnamese-American author Monique Truong in a discussion of their respective books Brothers and Ghosts and The Book of Salt. To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, join us for an evening of conversation between these two renowned authors, […]

In celebration of the Lunar New Year, get ready for an unforgettable experience as we welcome Monique Truong for an exclusive visit! The featured book is titled, Mai’s Áo Dài, that Monique will be reading. This is your chance to step into the mind of the author as she shares the special traditions her family […]

Location: Karen and Richard LeFrak Lobby of David Geffen Hall. Bring the whole family and celebrate the Year of the Horse at Lincoln Center's Lunar New Year celebration! Enjoy an exuberant family-friendly storytime session with Monique Truong. For the third year running, experience the exhilarating energy of the Tai Look Lion Dance Company, a Chinatown favorite. […]

We are pleased to welcome celebrated writer Edwidge Danticat back to The Center for Fiction for the launch of her new novel, Dèy, as part of this year’s Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival. She will be joined by Monique Truong, author of the award-winning novel The Book of Salt.