Ocean Vuong
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Ocean Vuong

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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 MacArthur Fellowship 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.
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Interview: Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong expounds on the complex themes of his deeply moving novel, ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’, touching on masculine identity, concepts of family, drug use, and more.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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  • The ear is such a good editor when it comes to rhythm, pressure, momentum.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous took the literary world by storm upon its release in 2019. This deeply personal work, structured as a letter from a Vietnamese-American son to his illiterate mother, explores themes of family, identity, and the immigrant experience with breathtaking prose and raw emotion. The novel received widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades.

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Featured Article: On the Other Side of Grief with Ocean Vuong

In his latest poetry collection, Ocean Vuong gives language to the most universally human experience: grief. We understand the feeling, but in order for us to wrap our heads around it, the definition must be somewhat malleable. Grief can be whatever you need it to be. It’s helpful to think of grief as a longing for the moments and experiences that could have been and all the things left unsaid. We’ve all had something to grieve—and ironically enough, the thing that could return the feeling of connection we need is grief itself.

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