Sigh, gone : a misfit's memoir of great books, punk rock, and the fight to fit in / Phuc Tran.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250194718
- ISBN: 1250194717
- Physical Description: 306 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | The Picture of Dorian Gray -- The Plague -- Crime and Punishment -- The Scarlet Letter -- A Christmas Carol -- Man and His Symbols -- Madame Bovary -- Pygmalion -- The Metamorphosis -- The Importance of Being Earnest -- The Autobiography of Malcolm X -- The Iliad. |
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Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. History. Autobiographies. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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Burlington Public Library | BIO TRAN 2020 | 39851001595819 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
PHUC TRAN has 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 Collegeâs Summer Latin Institute. Most recently, he taught Latin, Greek, and German at the Waynflete School in Portland, Maine. His 2012 TEDx talk âGrammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctiveâ was featured on NPRâs Ted Radio Hour. He has also been an occasional guest on Maine Public Radio, discussing grammar; the Classics; and Strunk and Whiteâs legacy. He currently tattoos at and owns Tsunami Tattoo in Portland, Maine, where he lives with his family.