Vuong’s new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is the first he’s written, from start to finish, since his mother died in 2019.

Hai is 19 and suicidal. Grazina is 81 and living alone with dementia. She strikes a deal to house him in exchange for his help as a kind of live-in nurse.

Vuong’s second foray into fiction represents a stylistic departure from his debut, more traditional in its structure and ...

Oprah Winfrey is christening a new title into her coveted monthly book club, and this time it’s the highly anticipated new release from poet and novelist Ocean Vuong. “The Emperor of ...

Ocean Vuong ... a very good love poem that had originally appeared on BuzzFeed suggested a much simpler interpretation: The poet was bad at prose. After so much posturing, Vuong’s new book ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean ... Vuong, 36, has received numerous honors, including the T.S. Eliot Prize and Pushcart Prize for his poetry ...

Novelist Ocean Vuong is one of the most celebrated authors ... On the worst days, I go into the class and they're watching the poem come together in the brief 10, 20 minutes we have per poem.