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Ocean Vuong
OCEAN VUONG is the author of the novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Vintage, 2019). A recipient of a 2019 MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’, he is also the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Jonathan Cape, 2017). A Poetry Foundation Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg fellow, his honours include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and the Elizabeth George Foundation, and awards from the Academy of American Poets and the Pushcart Prize.

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Plastic Words

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March 2015

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July 2014

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July 2014

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March 2013

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TR. Susan Bernofsky

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March 2013

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