Tanya Mosley

And this book, the main character, Hai, he wants to die or he believes he wants to die until he is intercepted by this woman who then becomes a very important person that he ends up caring for until her last days. Yeah, yeah. And I wondered about you making that choice that he wanted to die, but then he had a chance to live.

And I wanted to know for you that process and what it felt like to give him a life. knowing that he wasn't successful in that endeavor?

And I wanted to know for you that process and what it felt like to give him a life. knowing that he wasn't successful in that endeavor?

And I wanted to know for you that process and what it felt like to give him a life. knowing that he wasn't successful in that endeavor?

Ocean, death is part of the human condition that we don't want to look at it. We want to look away. But you choose to look at it. You choose through a death meditation. First off, explain for us what that is and why you think it's important to do for yourself.

Ocean, death is part of the human condition that we don't want to look at it. We want to look away. But you choose to look at it. You choose through a death meditation. First off, explain for us what that is and why you think it's important to do for yourself.

Ocean, death is part of the human condition that we don't want to look at it. We want to look away. But you choose to look at it. You choose through a death meditation. First off, explain for us what that is and why you think it's important to do for yourself.

Let's take a short break. My guest is writer and poet Ocean Vuong. This is Fresh Air. This is the first book that you've written since your mother passed. And I'm just curious, do you feel like we owe anything to those that stay with us, that are such a deep part of who we are? Do you think that we owe them anything here as part of the living?

Let's take a short break. My guest is writer and poet Ocean Vuong. This is Fresh Air. This is the first book that you've written since your mother passed. And I'm just curious, do you feel like we owe anything to those that stay with us, that are such a deep part of who we are? Do you think that we owe them anything here as part of the living?

Let's take a short break. My guest is writer and poet Ocean Vuong. This is Fresh Air. This is the first book that you've written since your mother passed. And I'm just curious, do you feel like we owe anything to those that stay with us, that are such a deep part of who we are? Do you think that we owe them anything here as part of the living?

The thing I want to ask you is, is that you have also said, though, that writing is not a forever thing for you. You actually have a limit on the amount of books that you plan to publish. Is it something like eight or something like that?

The thing I want to ask you is, is that you have also said, though, that writing is not a forever thing for you. You actually have a limit on the amount of books that you plan to publish. Is it something like eight or something like that?

The thing I want to ask you is, is that you have also said, though, that writing is not a forever thing for you. You actually have a limit on the amount of books that you plan to publish. Is it something like eight or something like that?

We're listening to my conversation with writer Ocean Vuong about his latest novel, The Emperor of Gladness. We'll be right back after a break. This is Fresh Air. I've heard you say that you've been really thinking about trying to get to the center of yourself and understand who you really are. Because we all, to a certain extent, perform. Maybe it's code switching.

We're listening to my conversation with writer Ocean Vuong about his latest novel, The Emperor of Gladness. We'll be right back after a break. This is Fresh Air. I've heard you say that you've been really thinking about trying to get to the center of yourself and understand who you really are. Because we all, to a certain extent, perform. Maybe it's code switching.

We're listening to my conversation with writer Ocean Vuong about his latest novel, The Emperor of Gladness. We'll be right back after a break. This is Fresh Air. I've heard you say that you've been really thinking about trying to get to the center of yourself and understand who you really are. Because we all, to a certain extent, perform. Maybe it's code switching.

I love how, I think you said, we not only perform in our work. Of course, we have our work selves and our home selves. But we even have the person we perform in front of our lovers, in front of our family members. But the person you are when you're by yourself and you're alone. I want to know more about that and where you are with that and how you've come to it.

I love how, I think you said, we not only perform in our work. Of course, we have our work selves and our home selves. But we even have the person we perform in front of our lovers, in front of our family members. But the person you are when you're by yourself and you're alone. I want to know more about that and where you are with that and how you've come to it.

I love how, I think you said, we not only perform in our work. Of course, we have our work selves and our home selves. But we even have the person we perform in front of our lovers, in front of our family members. But the person you are when you're by yourself and you're alone. I want to know more about that and where you are with that and how you've come to it.

Because you sprinkle bits of yourself through all of these books.