Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Mong-Lan waxay ku dhalatay Saigon, Koonfurta Vietnam, waxay ka tagtay wadankeedii hooyo Vietnam maalintii ugu dambeysay ee
daadgureynta magaalada Saigon. Xubin hore ee Stegner Fellow ee Jaamacadda Stanford, Fulbright Scholar, waxay daabacday toddobo buug oo gabayo & farshaxan, saddex buug oo suugaan ah, waxay ku guuleysatay abaalmarino ay ka mid yihiin Abaalmarinta Juniper iyo Abaalmarinta Pushcart. Gabayada waxaa lagu soo daray buugaag badan sida "Best American Poetry Anthology", dhowr Norton Anthologies, iyo "The Pushcart Book of Poetry: Best Poems from 30 Years of the Pushcart Prize". Waxay dhameysay buug-gacmeed, oo qayb ka mid ah uu ku jiro "North American Review". In kasta oo ay ku soo kortay kuna soo baratay Mareykanka, waxay ku noolayd shan illaa lix sano Japan (waxbarashada iyada oo ah borofisar ka tirsan Jaamacadda Maryland), waxayna sanado badan ku noolayd Argentina.