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SUMMARY:Author Talk - Trung Le Nguyen
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION: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..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/9233929
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In partnership with <a href="https://www.v
 ietnamsociety.org/" title="The Vietnam Society">The Vietnam Society</a>&nb
 sp\;and the <a href="https://communityaffairs.dc.gov/moapia">Mayor's Offic
 e on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs</a>\, join the Library for an exci
 ting conversation with Eisner and Lambda Award nominated cartoonist <a hre
 f="https://www.trungles.com/main">Trung Le Nguyen</a>\, author of <a href=
 "https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/detailnonmodal/ent
 :$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1155071/ada?qu=the+magic+fish&amp\;d=en
 t%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A1155071%7EILS%7E1&amp\;h=8" title="The Mag
 ic Fish"><em>The Magic Fish</em></a>. At a time when graphic novels\, espe
 cially those written by LGBTQ authors and writers of color\, are being tar
 geted by book bans\, we are thrilled to host Nguyen to celebrate his work 
 telling stories from the API and LGBTQ communities. In conversation with f
 ormer Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius\, Nguyen will discuss his writing an
 d art and the importance of representation in storytelling.</p>\n<p><stron
 g>About the speakers:</strong></p>\n<p>Trung Le Nguyen is an award-winning
  Vietnamese-American cartoonist\, artist\, and writer from Minnesota.<br /
 >Trung&rsquo\;s first original graphic novel\, The Magic Fish\, was publis
 hed in 2020 through Random House Graphic\, an imprint of Penguin Random Ho
 use. He has been nominated for an Eisner\, a prize at Angoul&ecirc\;me (Fr
 ance)\, a GLAAD award\, and has won two Harvey Awards and a Romics (Italy)
 . Trung has also contributed work for DC Comics\, Oni Press\, Boom! Studio
 s\, Image Comics\, and Marvel.He currently lives in Minneapolis\, Minnesot
 a and raises a small flock of very spoiled hens.</p>\n<p>A diplomat for ne
 arly 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\, whe
 n he helped open the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and was on
 e of the first U.S. diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi.&nbsp\; Leading
  a mission team of 900\, Ambassador Osius devised and implemented strategi
 es to deepen security ties\, sign tens of billions of dollars&rsquo\; wort
 h of commercial deals\, expand educational exchange\, conclude agreements 
 on trade\, law enforcement\, environmental protection\, and address honest
 ly a difficult past.&nbsp\; Ambassador Osius&rsquo\; leadership helped bri
 ng about a positive transformation in U.S.-Vietnam relations.</p>\n<p></p>
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