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As part of his visit, Tran will also drop in on a creative writing class on the University of Maine campus to discuss creative non-fiction and the writing process.<\/p>\n<p>This evening is\u00a0supported by the Maine Humanities Council&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mainehumanities.org\/read-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read ME program<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at the University of Maine, and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsandbones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birds&amp;Bones Tattoo Studio and Art Gallery<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phuc Tran<\/strong>\u00a0has been a high school Latin teacher for more than twenty years while also simultaneously establishing himself as a highly sought-after tattooer in the Northeast. Tran graduated Bard College in 1995 with a BA in Classics and received the Callanan Classics Prize. He taught Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit in New York at the Collegiate School and was an instructor at Brooklyn College\u2019s Summer Latin Institute. Most recently, he taught Latin, Greek, and German at the Waynflete School in Portland, Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Tran has been an occasional guest on Maine Public Radio, discussing grammar; the Classics; and Strunk and White\u2019s legacy. He currently tattoos at and owns Tsunami Tattoo in Portland, Maine, where he lives with his family. Phuc is the author of the memoir,<em>\u00a0Sigh, Gone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who has ever felt like they don&#8217;t belong,\u00a0<em>Sigh, Gone<\/em>\u00a0shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, September 27 at 6:00 pm in the atrium of the\u00a0Bangor Public Library, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center will co-present an event with\u00a0Phuc Tran, author of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1684,"featured_media":7234,"template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[82,28],"class_list":["post-7233","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-english-department","tribe_events_cat-public-humanities","cat_english-department","cat_public-humanities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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