Ben Tran

Author of Post-Mandarin: Masculinity and Aesthetic Modernity. Vanderbilt Asian Studies and English. Tweets mine

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

This is good news. We need more local businesses that activate #MusicRow and the #Edgehill neighborhood.

Developers and business folk, notice how busy the Well Coffeehouse gets.

[Nashville Post @NashvillePost]

The owners of longstanding West Nashville Turkish restaurant Anatolia have paid $4.1 million for a Music Row property for which they plan a restaurant. https://t.co/7NuEjU4MEv

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

Sotormayor concludes, "The majority’s vision of race neutrality will entrench racial segregation in higher education because racial inequality will persist so long as it is ignored." #AffirmativeAction

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

A worthy read from @propublica: how EPA failures + air pollution = "sacrifice zones" of black communities

https://t.co/lq6jaOt08M

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

@JonathanMetzl @NBA Scouting report: more hustle and rebounding needed

[Nashville Community Review Board @NCRBNashville]

Hope to see you there!!!

[Human Relations @1City4AllPeople]

Participatory Budget submissions are open. PB came about after years of community members advocating for ways to influence Metro's funding decisions to better fund community priorities, esp in historically neglected areas. MHRC will host 2 info&idea submission sessions this week.

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

@JetBlue The pilot and crew are not giving more information

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

@jetblue, why is flight #2187 still sitting on the tarmac at BNA. We’re approaching the hour mark?

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

@jetblue, why is flight #2184 sitting on the tarmac for 40 mins at BNA?

[JetBlue @JetBlue]

@therealBenTran We're sorry to hear this. Please speak to an inflight crewmember for the most up to date information regarding the delay. We hope to have this resolved as soon as possible, and thank you for your continued patience.

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

@jetblue, why is flight #2184 sitting on the tarmac for 40 mins at BNA?

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

A job posting for Vanderbilt’s English dept! Please spread the word, apply, and send any questions!

[Jessie Hock @caviaremptor]

DELIGHTED that the English dept at Vanderbilt is hiring a TT assistant prof working on race/empire/diaspora with a pre 1900 emphasis. Please circulate widely, and apply! Happy to answer ??s https://t.co/tEbj0kQCX7 #ShakeRace #RaceB4Race

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

Remarkable. Performances also this Friday and Saturday.

[Nashville Symphony @nashvillesymph]

The September 15 Trailblazing Women concert is the first of the Crescendo Club’s YP Nights of the 2022/23 season!

Just $10 will get you access to the pre-concert networking social, a free drink and a ticket to see the world-class Nashville Symphony!

🎟️ https://t.co/eOYLaHL1pH

[Esther Kim Lee (@estherkimlee.bsky.social) @estherkimlee]

To all academics and supporters of Asian American Studies: send positive energy to the inaugural gathering of Asian Americanists in the U.S Southeast starting today. Follow the conversation #SoutheastAAS! Registration: https://t.co/5GrBxgYvY1

Here is Saturday's schedule:

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

Corporate profits from housing = less affordable housing.

[Sekou Franklin @SekouFranklin]

Home ownership and the 'American Dream' are crushed by Real Estate Investment Trusts https://t.co/oPxH4GnyaD via @TNLookout

[diaCRITICS @dia_CRITICS]

Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu sheds light on the toxic legacy of Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War by theorizing around skin. @DukePress

https://t.co/8dmUuRKHpJ

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

@poet_major tonight!

[Parnassus Books @ParnassusBooks1]

Bookseller Sydney is excited for our event with beloved @VanderbiltU professor Major Jackson to celebrate his new poetry collection! He’ll be in conversation with Destiny Birdsong on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 6:30pm. Free registration: https://t.co/8LUd8fLj4r

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

Check out my interview with the wonderful artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen @dia_CRITICS.

https://t.co/unsrkjB6z4

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

Is this the celebration of a ready-to-consume multiculturalism or is it the critical exposure of an aesthetics afforded by unacknowledged labor? 13/13

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

A thread on #AfterYang, adapted from Alexander Weinstein’s short story, “Saying Good-Bye to Yang.” The racial tensions in the short story emerge against the backdrop of a US invasion of North Korea. 1/13

[Ben Tran @therealBenTran]

If the house is tidy enough for K’s meticulous shots (think of the beautifully drying clothes), then it’s Yang doing the household work for K and the audience. 12/13