Ocean Vuong’s dark, poetic novel takes us on a journey through time, loss, trauma, and the little acts of kindness that help ...

Author Ocean Vuong talks about his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness. It centers on the unlikely friendship between a 19-year-old college dropout and an 82-year-old with dementia.

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Ocean Vuong’s magnificent and melancholy second novel, “The Emperor of Gladness,” is both ode and reproach. It pays tribute to the human ability to act with kindness toward others even when ...

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Seen in a soft light, Ocean Vuong’s life looks like a modern American fairy tale. In 1990, he and his mother came to this country as refugees from Vietnam. They landed in small-town Connecticut ...

A new novel from acclaimed poet and author Ocean Vuong, a Massachusetts resident, is earning high praise from Oprah Winfrey after being selected as her book club’s latest read. Vuong’s second ...

The cover of “The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong shows a silhouette with sunlight behind it. The novel was released May 13 and follows Vuong’s acclaimed 2019 book “On Earth We’re ...

Ocean Vuong’s longtime partner is Peter Bienkowski, a former lawyer he met during a brief eight-week stint at business school, as he revealed in a 2017 interview with The Guardian.

by Ocean Vuong. Share full article. 159. Hours after my mother took her last breath on earth, after I heard a scream that must have come from my mouth, ...