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PBS News Hour

Ocean Vuong explores chosen family and kindness in new novel

Season 2025 Episode 136 | 6m 54s

He’s a writer who mines his own history to look deeply at broader currents of working-class American life. In his new novel, Ocean Vuong crafts a narrative that weaves together themes of grief, healing and resilience. Senior Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown sat down with Vuong to discuss "The Emperor of Gladness" for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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