In economically depressed East Gladness, Connecticut, 19-year-old Hai, a suicidal college dropout, is talked off the ledge of ...

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

Ocean Vuong, a Vietnamese refugee who grew up in Connecticut, set his latest novel in the state, penning a poetic tale about refugees barely keeping their heads above water.

Now, with the release of his second novel, “The Emperor of Gladness,” Vuong raised a whole town from the realm of memory. The ...

Hai is 19 and suicidal. Grazina is 81 and living alone with dementia. So when she strikes a deal to house him so they can ...

Oprah Winfrey's new pick for her book club is a buzzy new novel from a poet. Here's why she chose "The Emperor of Gladness" ...

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

Oprah Winfrey stopped by "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday to reveal her latest book club selection, "The Emperor of Gladness" by Ocean Vuong. It is an epic story about love and loneliness, following an ...

“The Emperor of Gladness” (out now from Penguin Random House) is the Oprah book club pick for May. It’s Vuong’s second novel, having previously published “On Earth We’re Briefly ...

Following the cycles of history, memory, and time, The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life. At its heart is a brave ...