Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Other - Encyclopedia article, 2024

This article analyzes Ocean Vuong's debut novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, exploring how the epistolary narrative examines immigrant experience, generational trauma, and family dynamics through Little Dog's letters to his illiterate mother. It investigates the novel's innovative use of the epistolary form and language, focusing on how Vuong reveals complex cultural intersections, queer identity, and familial communication across linguistic and generational divides.