Ep. #100 English - Phúc Tran - Punk Rocker, Author, Educator, Classicist, and Tattooer

Phúc Tran, author of Sigh Gone, majored in Classical Languages and Literature at Bard College —got his Master’s Degree at University of Massachusetts Amherst, and then moved to New York City in 1997. There he apprenticed to be a tattooer while teaching Latin during the day, and he's been teaching and tattooing ever since.   "I’m a Scorpio, I ride a Triumph Thruxton, I love boxing movies, and I’ve broken the same pinkie TWICE in exactly the same spot (my own pinkie, not someone else’s"   - Phuc Tran   Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Being part of a culture of almost 100 million Vietnamese people living in the world today has its pain and challenges, but it comes with plenty of history, privileges and honors. Join Kenneth Nguyen as he spotlights Vietnamese excellence from around the world. Each episode explores the creative process of individuals shaping the diversity of what it means to be Vietnamese--as a local, born and raised, or as a third culture kid, and even the divisions that separate us politically and culturally. This show can take multiple directions, but what it will do is show Vietnamese from a transpacific lens, in all its facets and complexities.