On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

On Our Problematic Obsession with First-Love Stories

Emily Usher Wants Stories That Show Crushes in All Their Messy, Authentic Glory

 
By Emily Usher  March 24, 2025
Love

Sweet (But Not Too Sweet): 6 Essential Literary Love Stories

By Jessica Soffer  February 5, 2025
The Hub

A new Ocean Vuong novel is coming next summer.

By James Folta  April 16, 2024
Talk Easy

Ocean Vuong on the Moral Questions of Fiction

By Talk Easy  May 23, 2023
Philosophy

“I Didn’t Ask to Be Here.” Or: How Do We Find Value in This Life?

By Nick Riggle  December 16, 2022
The Hub

It looks like filming is going to start on Ocean Vuong’s beloved debut novel.

By Katie Yee  May 4, 2022
First Draft

“Secrets Really Power a Book.” A Conversation with Steven Schwartz

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 7, 2022
The Hub

Australian teens bombarded Ocean Vuong on Instagram after his writing showed up on their exams.

By Corinne Segal  November 10, 2021
The Hub

A24 is adapting Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.

By Walker Caplan  December 22, 2020
The Hub

Dr. Ruha Benjamin and Ocean Vuong have won the 2020 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka  November 23, 2020
Thresholds

Ocean Vuong on How Language Builds an Architecture For Our Souls

By Thresholds   August 12, 2020
Reading Lists

Rural Queer Fiction: A Reading List

By Carter Sickels  May 21, 2020
A Phone Call From Paul

Ocean Vuong on Salvaging the Texts of Our Ancestors

By Literary Hub  May 4, 2020
Influences

Ocean Vuong: The 10 Books
I Needed to Write My Novel

By Ocean Vuong  October 1, 2019
The Audio File

5 Great Audiobooks For That Summer Road Trip

By James Tate Hill  August 2, 2019
Reading Lists

Lit Hub Recommends: Love Island, Ocean Vuong, and L.A. Noir

By Literary Hub  June 14, 2019
The Hub

Three takeaways from Ocean Vuong’s wonderful conversation with Alexander Chee.

By Corinne Segal  June 6, 2019
The Hub

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction

By Emily Temple  June 4, 2019
Reading Lists

15 Books You Should Read This June

By Literary Hub  June 3, 2019

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