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Author Talk - Trung Le Nguyen

2023-10-04 19:00:00 2023-10-04 21:00:00 America/New_York Author Talk - Trung Le Nguyen Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library - Auditorium

Wednesday, October 04
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-10-04 19:00:00 2023-10-04 21:00:00 America/New_York Author Talk - Trung Le Nguyen At a time when LGTBQ and API voices are targeted for book bans, join us for a special conversation with Vietnamese American cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library - Auditorium

At a time when LGTBQ and API voices are targeted for book bans, join us for a special conversation with Vietnamese American cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen.

In partnership with The Vietnam Society and the Mayor's Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, join the Library for an exciting conversation with Eisner and Lambda Award nominated cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen, author of The Magic Fish. At a time when graphic novels, especially those written by LGBTQ authors and writers of color, are being targeted by book bans, we are thrilled to host Nguyen to celebrate his work telling stories from the API and LGBTQ communities. In conversation with former Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, Nguyen will discuss his writing and art and the importance of representation in storytelling.

About the speakers:

Trung Le Nguyen is an award-winning Vietnamese-American cartoonist, artist, and writer from Minnesota.
Trung’s first original graphic novel, The Magic Fish, was published in 2020 through Random House Graphic, an imprint of Penguin Random House. He has been nominated for an Eisner, a prize at Angoulême (France), a GLAAD award, and has won two Harvey Awards and a Romics (Italy). Trung has also contributed work for DC Comics, Oni Press, Boom! Studios, Image Comics, and Marvel.He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raises a small flock of very spoiled hens.

A diplomat for nearly thirty years, Ted Osius served from 2014 to 2017 as U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, a country he has loved since serving there in the 1990s, when he helped open the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and was one of the first U.S. diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi.  Leading a mission team of 900, Ambassador Osius devised and implemented strategies to deepen security ties, sign tens of billions of dollars’ worth of commercial deals, expand educational exchange, conclude agreements on trade, law enforcement, environmental protection, and address honestly a difficult past.  Ambassador Osius’ leadership helped bring about a positive transformation in U.S.-Vietnam relations.

AGE GROUP: | Adults | 13 - 19 Years Old (Teens) |

EVENT TYPE: | Writing | Banned Books Week | Author Talk |

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