Phuc Tran
SO MANY. Probably too many. Tattooing, music, grammar, motorcycles, parenting, marriage, therapy, Star Wars, relationships, movies.... I'm not sure that a memoir part 2 (aka the college or work years) is all that exciting. But maybe there's wisdom or a perspective in there that seems banal to me but interesting to everyone else—it's so inherent to who I am that I may have to unpack what I know and have learned about teaching and tattooing to see if it's really as common and mundane as it seems to me.
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Elisa Mayfield
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Phuc Tran:
I just finished reading, 'Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In." It is said that a single ray of light can dispel the darkness, Mr. Tran, you are a super nova, shine on, soul warrior, shine on! Ps. I can't post without a ?, I really just wanted to tell you, the first thing that came to me after reading your book and to thank you.
Molly Anderson
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Phuc Tran:
Hi Phuc! Fellow '80s kid, lit nerd and Star Wars enthusiast here. I went to school with a Vietnamese-American kid we called "Yo," but his name was spelled "Du." I thought for sure it was a nickname we gave him out of laziness, but after reading the chapter in which your dad tries to teach you Vietnamese, I now wonder if we were at least somewhat close? Thanks for your time and for a fantastic memoir.
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