Saturday Keynote: Phuc Tran in coversation with Brook Minner

22 Tenney Hill,Blue Hill ME 04614

22 October, 2022

Description

Join us for a conversation with Phuc Tran, latin scholar, tattoo artist, and author of Sigh Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit in In this coming-of-age memoir told through the themes of great books such as The Metamorphosis, The Scarlet Letter, The Iliad, and more, Tran navigates the push and pull of finding and accepting himself despite the challenges of immigration, feelings of isolation, teenage rebellion, and assimilation, all while attempting to meet the rigid expectations set by his immigrant parent Phuc Tran has been a high school Latin teacher for more than twenty years while also simultaneously establishing himself as a highly sought-after tattooer in the Northeast. He received the 2020 New England Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Memoir. His 2012 TEDx talk Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive was featured on NPR's Ted Radio Hour. He has also been an occasional guest on Maine Public Radio, discussing grammar; the Classics; and Strunk and White's legacy. He currently tattoos at and owns Tsunami Tattoo in Portland, Maine, where he lives with his family. Brook Minner is the Director of the Brooksville Free Public Library and the host of Bookworm, a monthly radio show on WERU where she interviews authors to discuss writing, publishing, and life. When she’s not reading or talking about books, she likes to bake, run, and travel to far flung places. She lives in Castine with her daughter, Mabel.