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EPISODE · May 13, 2025 · 26 MIN

Ocean Vuong On His New Novel ‘The Emperor of Gladness’

from In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

Ocean Vuong is perhaps best-known for his 2019 novel “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” and deeply intimate poetry collections such as “Night Sky with Exit Wounds” (2016) and “Time Is a Mother” (2022). In his new novel, the Vietnamese-American author tells the story of friendship and acting with kindness even when you’re filled with hopelessness. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

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Ocean Vuong is perhaps best-known for his 2019 novel “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” and deeply intimate poetry collections such as “Night Sky with Exit Wounds” (2016) and “Time Is a Mother” (2022). In his new novel, the Vietnamese-American author...

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