Oprah Winfrey's new pick for her book club is a buzzy new novel from a poet. Here's why she chose "The Emperor of Gladness" ...

Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong, one of the country’s most admired young writers ...

Oprah Winfrey revealed "The Emperor of Gladness" by Ocean Vuong as her latest book club selection on "CBS Mornings" on May 13 ...

Ocean Vuong, a Vietnamese refugee who grew up in Connecticut, set his latest novel in the state, penning a poetic tale about ...

A college dropout becomes caretaker to a Lithuanian widow in Ocean Vuong’s florid new novel, which seeks to find the dignity ...

Vuong recounts immigrant life and the love, labor and loneliness that living on the fringes of American society often entails ...

Ocean Vuong’s longtime partner is a former lawyer he met during a brief eight-week stint at business school. Learn all about ...

Author Ocean Vuong talks about his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness. It centers on the unlikely friendship between a 19-year-old college dropout and an 82-year-old with dementia.

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 ...

Before Ocean Vuong became the notable name in literature he is today, he worked a typical 9-to-5 at a fast food restaurant. It was there, among the hustle and bustle of serving customers from ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Between his two indelible poetry collections — Night Sky with Exit Wounds (2016) and Time is a Mother ...