Writer, teacher, and tattoo artist, Phuc Tran, reads from his humorous and introspective memoir, "Sigh, Gone. A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In", about his family's escape from Vietnam, displacement in America, and his struggle to fit in during high school. A brief Q&A will follow this lunchtime event.
Author Kim Adrian reads from her memoir, The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet, and discusses growing up with the confusion and chaos of mental illness and generational trauma. A brief Q&A will follow this lunchtime event.
Diana Khoi Nguyen is a first-generation Vietnamese-American poet whose book, Ghost Of , is an elegy for her brother, and she explores the difficulties felt by parents from this culture. A brief Q&A will follow this evening event.
In connection with the exhibition Drug Addiction: Real People, Real Stories in the Beard + Weil Galleries, author/illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka will share his graphic novel, Hey, Kiddo, a profoundly important graphic memoir about growing up in a family grappling with addiction and finding the art that helps you survive.
Poets and co-hosts of the podcast The Ritter read from their work, discuss their podcast, their decision to enroll the podcast in a VC Accelerator, and how they’ve been translating their academic training into a marketable foundation for running their podcast. A brief Q&A session will be included in this event.
Reading by Donna Stonecipher
2025 Senior Creative Writing Majors' Reading