Introduction by Ocean VuongWhen Oprah called The Emperor of Gladness a “heartfelt and powerful examination of those living on the fringes of society,” I wept—not for praise, but because someone had seen what I was trying to hold in words: the trembling lives at the edge of visibility. The child forgotten in a foster system. The war refugee who dreams in silence. … [Read more...] about Ocean Vuong’s Unseen Stories Behind The Emperor of Gladness