Tommy Vinh Bui is a librarian for the Los Angeles County Library. He was a 2015-16 American Library Association Spectrum Scholar and a 2018-19 Arts for LA Cultural Policy Fellow for the city of Inglewood. Bui’s poetry and artwork has been featured in Department of Cultural Affairs publications and he was a 2020 Pushcart Prize nominee. He also writes about the intersection of art and librarianship for the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom. Many moons ago he was a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Central Asia. And today volunteers as a transportation specialist for the American Red Cross. He’s learning French so he can wear a beret on Bastille Day.