How has war shaped your world view and writing?I think war is the most common and steadfast reality of our species. If you ...

Ocean Vuong, Author, "The Emperor of Gladness": There's just something connected to the brain with the way the hand moved. Jeffrey Brown: He writes by hand. Ocean Vuong: ...

The language Vuong, who made his mark as a poet, made a previous venture into prose with 2019’s “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.” (No one has better titles than Vuong.) A novel more in name than ...

Ocean Vuong's 2019 debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, was one of those novels that made me silently pledge, "I'll follow you anywhere, whatever you write." And, so I have into Vuong's ...

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 bestselling debut novel, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” took the literary world by storm. Upon its release, the book was widely praised for its heartbreaking character depictions ...

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 ...

THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS | By Ocean Vuong | Penguin Press | 416 pp. | $30. Alexandra Jacobs is a Times book critic and occasional features writer. She joined The Times in 2010.

Vuong's new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is the first he's written, from start to finish, since his mother died in 2019. He says writing it was a way to honor her memory.

Oprah Winfrey reveals new book club pick: "The Emperor of Gladness" by Ocean Vuong 08:35. Oprah Winfrey stopped by "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday to reveal her latest book club selection, "The Emperor ...

Ocean Vuong's New Novel, 'The Emperor of Gladness,' Is Winfrey's Latest Book Club Pick NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong, one of the country's ...

Ocean Vuong became a literary star when his first novel, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” turned into an international bestseller in 2019. ... “The Emperor of Gladness” ...