Monique Truong

Novelist Monique Truong gives a personal tour of Asian American literature through a mix of social/intellectual history, anecdotes, and short readings by writers both celebrated and overlooked.

In collaboration with the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, the Center for Fiction hosts an evening of readings, music, reflection, and gratitude in celebration of the life and legacy of Toni Morrison. Music by Craig Harris, Vincent Chancey, Jay Rodriguez, Omar Kabir, Richard Fairfax, Lee Odom, and Peter Lin. Readings from Morrison's fiction (in order of appearance): Erroll McDonald, Monique Truong, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Idra Novey, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Mahogany L. Browne, Tyehimba Jess, Simeon Marsalis, Kia Corthron,…

Monique Truong, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Robert Haller, and Caleb Crain with moderator Loan Le.

Monique Truong presents The Sweetest Fruits with Mayukh Sen.

Murder By The Book bookstore will be on site with copies of The Sweetest Fruits for purchase!

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.

Susan Abulhawa, Monique Truong, and Edward Carey in conversation with Chandrahas Chouldhury about how their words navigate across cultures and continents.

Monique Truong will be holding a seminar. All students welcome!

Public Reading and Author Q&A

Interview and discussion led by Dr. Kirstin Squint, Whichard Professor, and Dr. Margaret Bauer, NCLR editor and ECU professor of English.

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.

Literary Appetites: Women on Food Charlotte Druckman’s Women on Food is a “variety show of previously unpublished essays, interviews, and ephemera from women working in the world of food.”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…

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.

Reading and book signing with Maylis de Kerangal (The Cook) and Monique Truong (The Sweetest Fruits)

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.

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.

Monique Truong will read from her latest novel The Sweetest Fruits. Free & open to the public. Books will be available for purchase.

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…

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.

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…

“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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Online lecture, "Losing Voice/Finding Voice," and Q&A with Dr. Shih-Hui Chen's MUSI 378 Classical, Contemporary & Cross-Cultural Asian Music

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.

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

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…

Online class visit and discussion of The Sweetest Fruits with Sandra Beasley's LIT-215 Writers in Print/Person

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…

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.

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 |…

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

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.