Order of Ocean Vuong Books
Ocean Vuong is the author who burst onto the scene with this 2019 debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. Vuong is also a well-respected poet whose debut full-length collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds, was the winner of multiple awards.
Vuong was born on a rice farm in Vietnam before his family immigrated to the United States two years later. The family ended up in Hartford, Connecticut and Vuong ended up being the first person in his family to learn to read. Vuong attended Brooklyn College where he received his B.A. in Nineteenth Century English Literature. He studied under poet and novelist Ben Lerner which led to a similar career for Vuong. Ocean had his poem and essays published in numerous magazines and journals including The Rumpus, The New Yorker, New Republic, and the New York Times. In addition to his work as a poet and writer, Vuong is an Assistant Professor in the MFA Program for Writers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous |
(2019) |
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The Emperor of Gladness |
(2025) |
Publication Order of Collections
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Burnings |
(2010) |
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Night Sky with Exit Wounds |
(2016) |
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Time Is a Mother |
(2022) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Gathering Voices |
(2018) |
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What Saves Us |
(2019) |
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100 Queer Poems |
(2022) |
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I’m Not Scared…You Are |
(2023) |
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Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance |
(2023) |