Ocean Vuong talks about his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, then Maureen Corrigan has a review of the book. Okatsuka is ...

Ocean Vuong’s newest novel 'Emperor of Gladness' reminds us that human connection is the greatest universal truth.

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Jane Singer, Public Library, and Charlie Hunts, owner of Charlie's Queer Books, recommend four books that showcase LGBTQ+ ...

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Another explores how queer sexuality was coded through subtext and suggestion in classic Hollywood cinema. Still others ...

And, if we may be so bold, one of those priorities really should be to dig into one of the many great new books that have ...

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

Ocean Vuong became a literary star when his first ... The author just launched his much-awaited second novel, “The Emperor of Gladness” (out now from Penguin Press), which he’ll discuss ...