Monique Truong

Monique performed on stage for Seriously Entertaining at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater on November 12, 2019, speaking on the evening’s theme, “For Good Measure.”

Monique Truong is the author of three novels—The Book of Salt; Bitter in the Mouth; and now, The Sweetest Fruits, and her work has been published in fifteen countries. Her awards and honors include the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, the Asian American Literary Award, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award.

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