Truong Tran Reads from How to Exi(s)T at Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA

Sunday, November 8, 2026 · 3:00 PM

Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA

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Featuring Truong Tran, Prageeta Sharma, Mimi Tempestt

Truong Tran, author of the American Book Award-winning *Book of the Other*, reads from and signs his new memoir *How to Exi(s)T: A Poet's Memoir*—a nonlinear, experimental look at his life as a neurodivergent gay war refugee moving through academia, racism, and poetry. He’s joined by fellow poets Prageeta Sharma and Mimi Tempestt for the celebration. A book signing follows, and picking up a copy from Vroman's is appreciated.

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