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 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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong, one of the country's most admired young writers. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she has chosen Vuong's ...

Ocean Vuong’s new novel, ‘The Emperor of Gladness,’ is Winfrey’s latest book club pick Vuong, 36, has received the T.S. Eliot Prize and Pushcart Prize for his poetry, a MacArthur ...