Book cover titled 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous' by Ocean Vuong, featuring a black-and-white close-up photograph of two people embracing.

Ocean Vuong - 2020 Twain Award Winner - On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother, as well as the New York Times bestselling novels On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and The Emperor of Gladness. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the American Book Award, he was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and currently splits his time between western Massachusetts and New York City.