M?ng-Lan is a Vietnamese-born American award-winning poet, writer, painter, photographer, musician (piano and guitar), composer, singer, Argentine tango dancer, choreographer, and educator.
Former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, Fulbright Scholar, she has published seven books of poetry & artwork, three chapbooks, has won numerous prizes such as the Juniper Prize and the Pushcart Prize.
Poems have been included in international and national anthologies such as Best American Poetry Anthology and several Norton anthologies.
Her books include: Song of the Cicadas; Why is the Edge Always Windy?; Tango, Tangoing: poems & art; One Thousand Minds Brimming; and Dusk Aflame: poems & art.
Her latest CD releases include Perfumas de Amor, de Argentina y Viet Nam, (Tango por Siempre) (voice and guitar) and New Orleans of My Heart, jazz piano.