Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and 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 Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
- by Ocean Vuong
- Asian American Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ+ Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. One late summer evening in the post-industrial town...
- by Ocean Vuong
- Culture and Heritage, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2022
The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong ”Take your time with these poems, and return to them often.” — The Washington Post How else...
- by Ocean Vuong
- Culture and Heritage, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2019
Poet Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from...