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Ocean Vuong


Born
in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
October 14, 1988

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Genre
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction


Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time is a Mother, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the American Book Award and the MacArthur “Genius Grant," he has also worked as a line cook, tobacco harvester, nursing home volunteer, and fast-food server, the latter becoming inspiration for The Emperor of Gladness. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently splits his time between Northampton, Massachusetts and New York City. ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 497,114 ratings · 70,462 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors
On Earth We're Briefly Gorg...
4.02 avg rating — 382,201 ratings — published 2019 — 105 editions
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Night Sky with Exit Wounds
4.18 avg rating — 48,400 ratings — published 2016 — 32 editions
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Time Is a Mother
3.92 avg rating — 34,877 ratings — published 2022 — 27 editions
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The Emperor of Gladness
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100 Queer Poems
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Burnings
4.34 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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4.52 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2013
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“They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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“You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
tags: insightful, lonely, thought-provoking
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“I miss you more than I remember you.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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