Literati Bookstore is thrilled to welcome back Ocean Vuong to celebrate his new novel 
The Emperor of Gladness. 
The 
LSA Honors Program
 is delighted to act as a co-sponsor for this event.
>>>All full price tickets include a signed hardcover copy of The Emperor of Gladness. <<<
>>>Student tickets do not include a book, but additional copies will be available for purchase<<<
About The Book: Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive
One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual reckoning, and heartbreak, with the power to transform Hai’s relationship to himself, his family, and a community on the brink.
Following the cycles of history, memory, and time, 
The Emperor of Gladness
 
shows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life. At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul. Hallmarks of Ocean Vuong’s writing—formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness—are on full display in this story of loss, hope, and how far we would go to possess one of life’s most fleeting mercies: a second chance.
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 novels 
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
 
and 
The Emperor of Gladness
. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the American Book Award, he used to work as a fast-food server, which inspired 
The Emperor of Gladness
. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently splits his time between Northampton, Massachusetts, and New York City.
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