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 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.
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)

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Books

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

Media

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

Events

Tue May 13 | 07:00 PM
Foundation Building
7 E. 7th Street
New York, NY 10003
Google Map

Wed May 14 | 07:30 PM
St. Joseph's University
245 Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
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Thu May 15 | 07:00 PM
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
2125 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Fri May 16 | 07:00 PM
First Parish Church
1446 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Sat May 17 | 07:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Madison
26 Meeting House Lane
Madison, CT 06443
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Sun May 18 | 05:30 PM
Nashville Public Library
615 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37219
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Mon May 19 | 07:00 PM
Sixth & I
600 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
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Tue May 20 | 07:00 PM
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Wed May 21 | 07:00 PM
Rackham Auditorium
915 E. Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Thu May 22 | 07:00 PM
Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport
Chicago, IL 60657
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Christ Church Cathedral
1117 Texas Avenue
Houston, TX 77002
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Wed May 28 | 07:00 PM
Distribution Hall
1500 East 4th Street
Austin, TX 78702
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Thu May 29 | 07:00 PM
JACCC Aratani Theater
244 San Pedro Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Fri May 30 | 07:00 PM
Calvary Presbyterian Church
2515 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
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Sat May 31 | 06:00 PM
BOOK PASSAGE
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1119 8th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
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Thu Jun 12
Nantucket, MA 02554
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Tue Jul 01 | 07:00 PM
Academy of Music Theatre
274 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060
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