Ocean Vuong
Novel · American · Contemporary
Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong left 2 works in this house — read them for the pressure they put on ordinary feeling.
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The writings
Novel
Novel · 2019
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
2019 · Epistolary novel · Lyrical fiction
A son writes a letter to a mother who cannot read it.
Novel · 2025
The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
The Emperor of Gladness
2025 · Literary fiction · Social realism
A young man and an elderly woman form an unexpected bond in a struggling New England town.
