Brian Truong

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Brian Truong

Brian Truong

@trubrian

Writing nonfiction, making ceramics; support from @yaddotoday, @peripluscollect, @tin_house & @breadloafwriter. Winner of the 2023 Georgia Review Prose Prize.

Brooklyn, NY Katılım Nisan 2012
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Brian Truong@trubrian·
The first essay I ever wrote is now out in @EcotoneMagazine! I wrote about my language loss, the seemingly simple trades we made for assimilation. Linguists have long studied the 3 stages of first-language attrition, and I posit a 4th. ecotonemagazine.org/nonfiction/the…
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back in the studio
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Honored 🤲 (and excited to peck away at the manuscript this fall @UcrossFdn)🐦
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Brian Truong@trubrian·
We talked about collectivism vs. individualism in the AAPI community, communication between generations of men, and Randy’s research process + inspirations. Also I love working with @the_rumpus. Thanks to Annelies Zijderveld and Janet Rodriguez for the edits and support!
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Brian Truong@trubrian·
Always a delight to read a book that depicts Southeast Asian families with idiosyncratic fullness—from a place of personal truth. I interviewed @randyribay about his recent novel, Everything We Never Had, which spans four generations of Filipino-American men.
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Minerva Canto@MinervaCanto·
❤️🩷💜💔 Once, while peeling string beans, I asked Mom, “Do you dream in English or in Vietnamese?”   It took her a moment. She blinked a few times and responded, “I don’t know actually.”
Brian Truong@trubrian

The first essay I ever wrote is now out in @EcotoneMagazine! I wrote about my language loss, the seemingly simple trades we made for assimilation. Linguists have long studied the 3 stages of first-language attrition, and I posit a 4th. ecotonemagazine.org/nonfiction/the…

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Lu Han@luloveswords·
“Linguists do not consider the silence between kin—the loss of connection when in shared moments, for lack of understanding, we default to the comfortable and easy: leaving things unsaid.” Read @trubrian’s essay in @EcotoneMagazine, free for a few more days!
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Check out Brian Truong’s new essay in the Labor issue! For the next two weeks “The The The The” is free to read online! ecotonemagazine.org/nonfiction/the…

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Brian Truong@trubrian·
@GraceLP Thanks Grace 🥺 Though our works derive from difficult circumstances, it is meaningful to get to be in conversation and in community with one another.
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Brian Truong@trubrian·
@andymintan @Jezebel so many precious, powerful moments — the trembling at the thought of dreams achieved, the carefulness of breathing while painting, the success of the pinky French tip 🤧
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Andy@andymintan·
For @Jezebel, I wrote about my mother's ambitions as an artist—and how doing our nails together allowed her to accept my identity as a queer person. jezebel.com/mothers-sons-c…
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Brian Truong@trubrian·
@jadz That’s exciting to hear! I’m looking forward to reading it once you’re ready to share.
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Andrew Zubiri
Andrew Zubiri@jadz·
@trubrian So true - thanks for writing this piece! also gave me an idea for an essay in conversation with yours.
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Andrew Zubiri
Andrew Zubiri@jadz·
Beautiful essay on family and language attrition backed by research (and adding to it!). Made me think about the flip side that is my urge to sound/write like a "native speaker."
Brian Truong@trubrian

The first essay I ever wrote is now out in @EcotoneMagazine! I wrote about my language loss, the seemingly simple trades we made for assimilation. Linguists have long studied the 3 stages of first-language attrition, and I posit a 4th. ecotonemagazine.org/nonfiction/the…

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