Truong Tran is a poet and visual artist. Hi publications include, The Book of Perceptions, Placing The Accents, dust and conscience , within the margin, and Four Letter Words. He is the recipient of four Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Grants, An Arts Council of Silicon Valley Grant, a California Arts Council Grant, a Creative Work Fund Grant and a Fund For Poetry Grant. In 2011, He along with Robert Hass represented the United States At Teh International Poetry Festival at Rotterdam The Netherlands. Truong's art has been exhibited thorughout the country including solo shows at The California Institute of Integral Studies, Telegraph Hill Gallery, SOMArts Gallery and The Mina Dresden Gallery. Truong lives and works in San Francisco and is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Poetry at Mills College. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, French and Dutch.