The Asian Multicultural Collective will be hosting award-winning poet and novelist Ocean Vuong on April 2 at 6:30pm in Graham Chapel, for a much-needed dialogue on diaspora, class, and queer identity. 

 

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 novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the MacArthur “Genius Grant” and the American Book Award, he was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and currently splits his time between western Massachusetts and New York City. The Emperor of Gladness is his latest novel.

 

Date: Thursday, April 2, 2026

Time: Doors at 6, event at 6:30

Location: Graham Chapel