Truong Tran

Apogee Titles:

• four letter words
• dust and conscience - Winner of the Poetry Center Book Award, 2002
• placing the accents
• within the margin

Truong Tran is a visual artist and the author of The Book of Perceptions, placing the accents, dust and conscience, within the margin, four letter words, and a children’s book, Going Home Coming Home. The Book of Perceptions was a finalist for The Kiriyama Prize and placing the accents (Apogee Press, 1999) was a finalist for the Western States Prize for Poetry. dust and conscience (Apogee Press, 2002) was awarded the San Francisco State Poetry Center Prize. His honors include grants from The Fund for Poetry, The Creative Work Fund, The Cultural Equity Grant, and The California Arts Council Grant. Truong lives in San Francisco where he is currently teaching poetry at San Francisco State University and Mills College.

Read an excerpt from four letter words here.

Read an excerpt from dust and conscience here.

Read an excerpt from placing the accents here.

Read an excerpt from within the margin here.