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September 2019
THE SWEETEST FRUITS: SAKE PAIRING DINNER
Dine with author Monique Truong & enjoy a special sake pairing dinner. Seating is limited so please RSVP to reserve. More info re full menu & featured sakes will be available soon.
Find out more »JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL – HOUSTON, TX
Susan Abulhawa, Monique Truong, and Edward Carey in conversation with Chandrahas Chouldhury about how their words navigate across cultures and continents.
Find out more »DUKE UNIVERSITY
Monique Truong will be holding a seminar. All students welcome!
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Public Reading and Author Q&A
Find out more »October 2019
EAST Carolina university’s SOUTHERN LITERARY CELEBRATION: WRITER’S RECEPTION
Interview and discussion led by Dr. Kirstin Squint, Whichard Professor, and Dr. Margaret Bauer, NCLR editor and ECU professor of English.
Find out more »EAST carolina university’s SOUTHERN LITERARY CELEBRATION: READING AND BOOK SIGNING
The North Carolina Literary Review and Dr. Kirstin Squint, 2019-20 Whichard Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, invite you to celebrate an evening of Southern Literature at ECU with special guest Monique Truong.
Find out more »LITCRAWL BROOKLYN
Literary Appetites: Women on Food Charlotte Druckman’s Women on Food is a “variety show of previously unpublished essays, interviews, and ephemera from women working in the world of food.” We bring the show to life with Charlotte and two of her contributors who will discuss their roles in the book, and chat about the literary aspect of food writing and the impact gender, race, and socioeconomics have had on that tradition and in shaping their own work. Moderated by Sabrina…
Find out more »November 2019
THE SWEETEST FRUITS: MONIQUE TRUONG IN CONVERSATION WITH SOLEIL HO
Novelist and occasional food essayist Monique Truong and Soleil Ho, restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, will explore writing about and of food. Eastwind Books of Berkeley is the official bookseller for this event, so please come empty-handed and purchase your copies of Truong's third novel, The Sweetest Fruits, from this beloved indie bookstore.
Find out more »92Y Fall Reading Series: Maylis de Kerangal & Monique Truong
Reading and book signing with Maylis de Kerangal (The Cook) and Monique Truong (The Sweetest Fruits)
Find out more »THE SWEETEST FRUITS: READING AND SIGNING
Monique Truong will read from her latest book The Sweetest Fruits as well discuss her food and flavor-centric novels The Book of Salt and Bitter in the Mouth. Copies of The Sweetest Fruits will be available for purchase at the event. Free but please RSVP online to reserve a seat.
Find out more »HOUSE OF SPEAKEASY’S SERIOUSLY ENTERTAINING: “FOR GOOD MEASURE”
Seriously Entertaining, New York’s premier literary cabaret series showcasing writers and their passions, is an intellectual roller-coaster of a show. More information to come. * Doors open at 6pm.
Find out more »THE SWEETEST FRUITS: READING AND SIGNING
Monique Truong will read from her latest novel The Sweetest Fruits. Free & open to the public. Books will be available for purchase.
Find out more »MIAMI BOOK FAIR
Monique Truong’s novel The Sweetest Fruits is an ingenious retelling of the many lives of Greek-Irish globetrotting writer Lafcadio Hearn, through the voices of the women who knew him best. Curdella Forbes’s novel, A Tall History of Sugar, tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a Jamaican man who was “born without skin,” so that no one can tell to which race he belongs. A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in The Confessions…
Find out more »December 2019
Kwaidan: introduced by monique truong
Monique Truong will introduce Kwaidan (1964, Masaki Kobayashi) based on four ghost stories by expat Lafcadio Hearn (1850 – 1904). Kobayashi’s first color film, with eerie score. “I wanted to create an atmosphere of terror.” – Takemitsu. 35mm. Approx. 183 min.
Find out more »What the Dickens? 10th annual Reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas carol”
Ring in the holidays with our tenth annual reading of Charles Dickens' classic "The Christmas Carol." Grab a hot cider from the cafe, your closest friends, and settle in with us and dozens of terrific readers. This year's confirmed readers include: Tom Beer, Sarah Broom, Isaac Butler, Alexander Chee, Vinson Cunningham, Deborah Eisenberg, Rachel Fershleiser, Isaac Fitzgerald, Josh Gondelman, Rabbi Marisa Elana James, Leslie Jamison, Maris Kreizman, Lisa Lucas, Elissa Schappel, Parul Sehgal, Leanne Shapton, Rob Spillman, Darcey Steinke, Monique…
Find out more »January 2020
Asian Musical Voices of America
“What does it mean and what does it take to find one’s voice as an Asian in classical music?” Musicians: Del Sol String Quartet and Violinist Joseph Lin Writer: Monique Truong Panelists: Charlton Lee, Joseph Lin, Anjna Swaminathan, Monique Truong, Hyeyung Yoon
Find out more »February 2020
Love In and Out of Translation
A conversation with novelist Monique Truong (The Sweetest Fruits) and translators Allison Markin Powell (The Ten Loves of Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami) and Tess Lewis (One Another by Monique Schwitter) about how these three novels plumb the mysteries of love in its many discordant and concordant manifestations, and the ingenious ways fiction can flesh out these mysteries.
Find out more »March 2020
The Annual Paumanok Lecture in American Literature & Culture
The Department of English, Philosophy and Languages at LIU Brooklyn invites you to join them at The Annual Paumanok Lecture in American Literature & Culture. Featured authors, Tina Chang, Susan Choi, and Monique Truong, will read from their recent work and join in a conversation with LIU Professor Louis Parascandola.
Find out more »July 2020
Madras Café Unlocked Book Club live: The book of Salt by Monique Truong
Free online gathering; registration via EventBrite. Join us for our first (and very exciting) live Book Club with the brilliant and extremely talented author, Monique Truong, who will be joining us to discuss her first novel, ‘The Book of Salt.’ The session will include an interview with the author followed by a discussion about the book and a Q & A, where you will have the opportunity to ask Monique your questions about the book.
Find out more »September 2020
Lan cao & Harlan Margaret van cao in conversation with MONIQUE TRUONG
Online gathering, free with EventBrite registration. Monique Truong in conversation with Lan Cao and her daughter Harlan Margaret Van Cao about their memoir Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, An American Daughter.
Find out more »The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Guest Lecture & Class visit
Online lecture, "Losing Voice/Finding Voice," and Q&A with Dr. Shih-Hui Chen's MUSI 378 Classical, Contemporary & Cross-Cultural Asian Music
Find out more »October 2020
Monique Truong + rick barot
Online gathering, free. Join novelist Monique Truong and poet Rick Barot as they read from their new books, The Sweetest Fruits and The Galleons, and discuss their writing with moderator Professor Jason Oliver Chang. Part of the Asian American Literature Today series, launched in 2014, this event is co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Association for Asian American Studies, and Kundiman.
Find out more »Miami UNIVERSITY, DISCUSSION & CLASS VISIT
Online class visit and discussion of The Book of Salt with Associate Professor Anita Mannur's English/Women's and Gender Studies 435/535: Queer Theory
Find out more »In conversation online: AN-MY LE, MONIQUE TRUONG, and Hannah Turpin
Join artist An-My Lê and author Monique Truong as they discuss how growing up in Vietnam during the Vietnam War became a foundation for their creative practices. The conversation will be moderated by Carnegie Museum of Art curatorial assistant Hannah Turpin. The program is organized in conjunction with An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain, the first comprehensive survey of the politically charged work of An-My Lê (American, born Vietnam, 1960). Featuring over 100 photographs, this exhibition gives insight into her evocative images…
Find out more »November 2020
American university, Discussion & CLASS VISIT
Online class visit and discussion of The Sweetest Fruits with Sandra Beasley's LIT-215 Writers in Print/Person
Find out more »December 2020
Upended: An online Conversation among Andrea Grill, Tess Lewis, Jonas Lüscher, Sasha Marianna Salzman, and Monique Truong
Under the timely topic of "Upended," the participating authors, who hail from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S., will reflect upon and discuss major recent changes and disruptions in the areas of culture, politics, and identity in the German-speaking world and the United States. All participating speakers are affiliated with various editions (past and future) of Festival Neue Literatur, the first and only festival to spotlight German-language and American fiction, and will also read brief excerpts from their most recent…
Find out more »January 2021
The LOFT LITERARY CENTER’S poetry, prose, and pastries: featuring Monique Truong
Inaugural installment of an online series, hosted by Bao Phi. Each episode will begin with a chat about favorite treats and desserts, followed by discussion of emerging and under-the-radar literary artists, craft talk, and a Q&A with the live online audience.
Find out more »March 2021
AWP Conference: Featured Presenter
An online reading, conversation, and Q&A with Mira Jacob & Monique Truong, with moderator Crystal Hana Kim, sponsored by Kundiman.
Find out more »April 2021
Woman Warriors: a solidarity reading
A marathon online reading featuring a powerhouse collective of Asian American women. In the aftermath of the horrific murders in Atlanta, GA, we offer this space as one for grieving, healing, and empowering. During a time marked by tragedy, anger, and loss, we look to our artistry to find and celebrate the resilience and brilliance of each and every woman warrior. TUNE IN FOR READINGS BY: Hala Alyan | Gina Apostol | Tina Cane | Jennifer Chang | Tina Chang |…
Find out more »2020 Binghamton Book Awards Winners Reading
A reading online with winners Monique Truong and Joe Jiménez. More info to come.
Find out more »May 2021
INstagram live “chatsactually”
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).
Find out more »June 2021
The Sweetest Fruits Book LauncH & Virtual Feast: Singapore & Malaysia Edition (Gaudy Boy)
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 fruits or desserts (or fruit-adjacent desserts) to enjoy during the event!
Find out more »SINGAPORE & MALAYSIA EDITION The Sweetest Fruits (GAUDY BOY) Book Launch, part 2: “Women in displacement”
Monique Truong and Leena Khaled Al-Mujahed, founder of Yemeni Refugee Women Association, in conversation.
Find out more »September 2021
radical books collective’s ONLINE book club: the sweetest fruits
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 questions. Membership is via Patreon, beginning at 5.00 USD/month.
Find out more »October 2021
TPL Live & Online: Kim Thúy’s EM
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.
Find out more »November 2021
Book launch: taste Makers by mayukh sen
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, labor, immigration and gender. This event will be live-streamed on Zoom. Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link via email.
Find out more »Festival Neue Literatur: The author’s voice
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 in English.
Find out more »A critical refugee studies virtual conferencE: Fireside chat with Monique Truong, facilitated by Lila sharif
This is an online event.
Find out more »AAWW AT 30: In the heart
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 as a retrospective of our rich and layered history, but also as a resounding call to envision our future. With Marina Budhos, Curtis Chin, Barbara Tran,…
Find out more »February 2022
LINDA’S REST
A sonic essay by Ayşe Köklü, based on the novel BITTER IN THE MOUTH by Monique Truong.
Find out more »March 2022
melus conference 2022
Featured speaker: reading and Q&A.
Find out more »April 2022
John dos passos prize ON-CAmpus reading
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 lobby of Chichester Hall. Free and open to the public.
Find out more »AAWW AT 30: The village people
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, Luis Francia, Lisa Ko, Marie G. Lee, Ed Lin, Vina and Manuel D. Orden, Bino Realuyo, Purvi Shah, Monique Truong, Eileen Tabios, and Barbara Tran.…
Find out more »May 2022
MAP: A NEW WORLD
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.
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