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.

Appearing:Seth Meyers

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

S6 E1117 minInterviewTalk and InterviewLate Night

2018

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