Author Description

STARS follows the stream of consciousness of Cuong Le, a young Vietnamese writer taking baby steps in creative writing in English. Early influenced by the work of the greatest musicians like Nina Simone and Joni Mitchell, he navigates his life through music and lyrics, the beginning of his work. With an intimate and conversational tone, the book is a collection of 30 pieces that invite readers to his inner world full of contradiction—with love and heartbreak, trauma and healing, insecurities and self-empowerment—yet always ending up on a positive note. "On my journey, night calls would be made, and love would be taken and given. My heart would beat through intimate places, intimate people, and goodbyes that would soon fade into obscurity. No matter how long it would take—10, 20 years—I would still find myself jumping in and out of trains or airplanes, whatever I could ride, to end up far from expected places. And writing along the way, too, like each day before." Warm and filled with light, STARS will be the one to return to when you need comfort.