Ocean Vuong, author portrait
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Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother, as well as the novels On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and The Emperor of Gladness. A recipient of the MacArthur “Genius Grant" and the American Book Award, he used to work as a fast-food server, which inspired The Emperor of Gladness. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently splits his time between Northampton, Massachusetts, and New York City.
The Emperor of Gladness
Time Is a Mother
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Inside the Book: Ocean Vuong (ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS)

Books

The Emperor of Gladness
Time Is a Mother
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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Inside the Book: Ocean Vuong (ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS)

Celebrating National Poetry Month

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