Ocean Vuong
Vietnamese-American poet and novelist whose debut poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous brought him immediate international recognition for his lyrical, elegiac meditation on war, sexuality, and immigrant identity.
Works
- On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousLetter-poem to mother exploring queerness, beauty, and survival of Vietnamese immigrant family
- Time Is a MotherPoetry collection exploring time, loss, and the intimate tenderness of familial love
- Night Sky with Exit WoundsPoetry collection exploring immigrant experience, queerness, and survival through fragmentation