Trung Le Nguyen’s THE MAGIC FISH; in collaboration with Northfield Yarn

We’re delighted to welcome Trung Le Nguyen, author of THE MAGIC FISH, to Content for an author event in collaboration with our friends and neighbors at Northfield Yarn. Celebrate this year’s Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop (April 11-14th) with a special skein of yarn dyed to match THE MAGIC FISH from Northfield Yarn, and join us on Thursday, April 11th at 7 pm for a delightful talk with Trung about fairy tales and THE MAGIC FISH.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Publishers Weekly

In this gorgeous debut graphic novel, fairy tales are the only way one boy can communicate with his Vietnamese immigrant parents. But how will he find the words to tell them that he’s gay? A powerful read about family, identity and the enduring magic of stories.

“One of the most astounding graphic novels of the year” –Entertainment Weekly

Tien and his mother may come from different cultures—she’s an immigrant from Vietnam still struggling with English; he’s been raised in America—but through the fairy tales he checks out from the local library, those differences are erased.

But as much as Tien’s mother’s English continues to improve as he reads her tales of love, loss, and travel across distant shores, there’s one conversation that still eludes him—how to come out to her and his father. Is there even a way to explain what he’s going through in Vietnamese? And without a way to reveal his hidden self, how will his parents ever accept him?

This beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together even when we don’t know the words.

Trung Le Nguyen is an award-winning Vietnamese American cartoonist, artist, and writer from Minnesota. Trung’s first original graphic novel, The Magic Fish, was published in 2020 through Random House Graphic, an imprint of Penguin Random House. He has been nominated for an Eisner, a prize at Angoulême (France), a GLAAD award, and has won two Harvey Awards and a Romics (Italy). Trung has also contributed work for DC Comics, Oni Press, Boom! Studios, Image Comics, and Marvel. He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raises a small flock of very spoiled hens.