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Cranky Kids’ Corner: Reading and Activities with Author Phuc Tran
October 5 @ 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Free
Welcome to Cranky Kids’ Corner: Reading and Activities with Author Phuc Tran! Join us at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC for a fun-filled event with the amazing author Phuc Tran. Get ready for an exciting day of storytelling, interactive activities, and maybe a few surprises along the way! This in-person event is perfect for kids who love books and enjoy a good laugh. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to meet the author and have a blast at Cranky Kids’ Corner! Book signing follows. Event is part of Vietnam Week 2024 and is sponsored by Vietnam Society, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and Public Library Foundation.
About Phuc Tran
Phuc Tran is an award-winning writer, tattooer, and Latin teacher. Tran is the author of the memoir, Sigh, Gone and Cranky. He graduated Bard College in 1995 with a BA in Classics and received the Callanan Classics Prize. 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.