Ocean Vuong, a Vietnamese refugee who grew up in Connecticut, set his latest novel in the state, penning a poetic tale about ...

Hai is 19 and suicidal. Grazina is 81 and living alone with dementia. She strikes a deal to house him in exchange for his help as a kind of live-in nurse.

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

In a moving new narrative, Ocean Vuong redefines what it means to write an American novel. The follow-up to his first prose ...

Ocean Vuong’s new novel, “The Emperor of Gladness” (Penguin Press) is moving on a number of levels. It has characters you think about when you’re away from them. The writing is exemplary. New England ...

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

Ocean Vuong, Author, "The Emperor of Gladness": There's just something connected to the brain with the way the hand moved. Types drafts on a vintage typewriter. In an age of instant output ...

After several popular books of poetry and one novel, Ocean Vuong’s new book is “The Emperor of Gladness.” Credit...Gioncarlo Valentine Fiction A college dropout becomes caretaker to a ...

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" ...

Oprah Winfrey revealed "The Emperor of Gladness" by Ocean Vuong as her latest book club selection on "CBS Mornings" on May 13 ...

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

The Emperor Of Gladness is poet and writer Ocean Vuong's sophomore novel. PHOTOS: GIONCARLO VALENTINE, PENGUIN PRESS. Olivia ...