Ocean Vuong has become a figure as interesting as the stories he writes. The May 13 release of his sophomore novel, The Emperor of Gladness, arrived with fanfare: It’s been named the 114th selection ...

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Inside, the voices of Elif Shafak, Vandana Shiva, Rebecca Solnit, Ocean Vuong, Olivia Laing and more will celebrate the myths and memories that flow through freshwater. Map showing the distribution of ...

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S omething very strange has been going on. Picking up the paperback of Ocean Vuong’s first novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, which has now sold more than a million copies, you encounter blurbs ...