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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 New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the 2019 MacArthur "Genius" Grant, he is also the winner of the Whiting Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize. His writings have been featured in The AtlanticHarper's MagazineThe NationThe New RepublicThe New Yorker, and The New York Times. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Inside the Book: Ocean Vuong (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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Books for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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