Ocean Vuong Wrote His Debut Novel in a Closet

CLIP06/12/19

Ocean Vuong talks about writing his book in his closet, basing his fictional characters on his own experience and his mother’s response to his novel.

S6 E111 7 minTalk and Interview Late Night Interview

Appearing:Seth Meyers

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Tags: late night, Seth Meyers, Ocean Vuong, Wrote, Debut Novel, closet

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