Tanya Mosley

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

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

You've actually had students come to you, maybe white young men, who say, I want to write in a way that doesn't perpetuate the legacy of the past, and they're coming to you asking you for guidance and direction, and you tell them there is no blueprint for this. What you want to do, you're actually going to be the one to do it. Yes.

You've actually had students come to you, maybe white young men, who say, I want to write in a way that doesn't perpetuate the legacy of the past, and they're coming to you asking you for guidance and direction, and you tell them there is no blueprint for this. What you want to do, you're actually going to be the one to do it. Yes.

You've actually had students come to you, maybe white young men, who say, I want to write in a way that doesn't perpetuate the legacy of the past, and they're coming to you asking you for guidance and direction, and you tell them there is no blueprint for this. What you want to do, you're actually going to be the one to do it. Yes.

Yeah, I mean, that is such a brave choice, knowing that your family would, because there is money there.

Yeah, I mean, that is such a brave choice, knowing that your family would, because there is money there.

Yeah, I mean, that is such a brave choice, knowing that your family would, because there is money there.

This has been such a pleasure. We could listen to you all night, but thank you, thank you. Thank you. Ocean Vuong is the author of the new novel, The Emperor of Gladness.

This has been such a pleasure. We could listen to you all night, but thank you, thank you. Thank you. Ocean Vuong is the author of the new novel, The Emperor of Gladness.

This has been such a pleasure. We could listen to you all night, but thank you, thank you. Thank you. Ocean Vuong is the author of the new novel, The Emperor of Gladness.

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Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Phyllis Myers, Roberta Shorrock, Anne-Marie Baldonado, Lauren Krenzel, Teresa Madden, Monique Nazareth, Susan Yakundi, and Anna Bauman. Our digital media producer is Molly C.V. Nesper. Our consulting visual producer is Hope Wilson. Bea Chaloner directed today's show. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Phyllis Myers, Roberta Shorrock, Anne-Marie Baldonado, Lauren Krenzel, Teresa Madden, Monique Nazareth, Susan Yakundi, and Anna Bauman. Our digital media producer is Molly C.V. Nesper. Our consulting visual producer is Hope Wilson. Bea Chaloner directed today's show. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.