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Ocean Vuong

Born

in Sai Gon, Viet Nam

October 14, 1988

Website

http://www.oceanvuong.com

Genre

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

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Ocean Vuong is the author of the debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, out from Penguin Press (2019) and forthcoming in 15 other languages worldwide. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2016, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Whiting Award, the Thom Gunn Award, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation, his honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and the Pushcart Prize.

Vuong's writings have been featured in The Atlantic, Harpers, The Nation, New Republic, The New Yorker, The ...more

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Ocean Vuong’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 61,652 ratings · 8,791 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.06 avg rating — 51,252 ratings — published 2019 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Sky with Exit Wounds 4.30 avg rating — 10,132 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burnings 4.37 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No 4.58 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essay on Craft 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freeman's: Scrittori dal futuro by John Freeman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Damiano Abeni (Translator) , Umberto Manuini (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 96 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump by Martín Espada (Editor), Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Doug Anderson (Contributor) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Contain Multitudes by Jason Wee (Founding Editor), Cyril Wong (Founding Editor) , Aazam Abidov (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gathering Voices: Creating a Community-Based Poetry Workshop by Marty McConnell, Ocean Vuong (contributor) , Patrick Rosal (contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugar House Review #8: Spring/Summer '13 by Charles Harper Webb (Contributor), William Neumire (Contributor) , Judy Halebsky (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Ocean Vuong

“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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“Because the sunset, like survival, exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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Cannery Row

by John Steinbeck

9 votes, 26.5%

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong

8 votes, 23.5%

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware

5 votes, 14.7%

Scythe

by Neal Shusterman

5 votes, 14.7%

Creatures

by Crissy Van Meter

4 votes, 11.8%

Shelter in Place

by Nora Roberts

3 votes, 8.8%

34 total votes

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