{"id":51619,"date":"2026-03-07T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?p=51619"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:47:51","slug":"ocean-vuong-at-bozar-when-the-luminous-and-the-broken-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/nl\/2026\/03\/07\/ocean-vuong-at-bozar-when-the-luminous-and-the-broken-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Vuong at Bozar: When the Luminous and the Broken Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 14 March 2026, Vietnamese American writer and poet Ocean Vuong comes to Bozar for a special \u201cMeet the Writer\u201d evening co\u2011organized with Passa Porta. A rare chance to hear one of the most vital voices in contemporary queer literature reflect on identity, language, memory, and what happens when beauty and ugliness collide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, the announcement sets the tone with a disarming question: what if beauty and ugliness were not opposites, but coexisted, clashed, and shaped us? This is the paradox Ocean Vuong invites the Brussels audience to explore, through carefully chosen excerpts from his new novel&nbsp;<em>The Emperor of Gladness<\/em>&nbsp;and from earlier work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-06-134622-1-1024x462.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-06-134622-1-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-06-134622-1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-06-134622-1-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-06-134622-1-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-06-134622-1.jpg 1317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in Saigon in 1988 and raised in the United States after his family\u2019s migration, Vuong has emerged as one of the defining literary voices of his generation, weaving together migration, the legacy of the Vietnam War, class, and queerness. His novel&nbsp;<em>On Earth We\u2019re Briefly Gorgeous<\/em>&nbsp;has become a global success, translated into numerous languages and embraced by readers well beyond the traditional poetry world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a poet, Vuong is known for collections such as&nbsp;<em>Night Sky with Exit Wounds<\/em>&nbsp;en&nbsp;<em>Time Is a Mother<\/em>, where he crafts a language that is both intensely sensory and politically sharp. Memory, violence, grief, and desire run through his work, often in forms that bend or break conventional structures. His writing has been recognised with major distinctions, including the T.S. Eliot Prize, a Whiting Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brussels event is designed as a space for public intimacy: readings, a conversation about linguistic identity (writing in English with a body shaped by other languages), and reflections on how trauma and tenderness can inhabit the same sentence. The evening is part of Passa Porta\u2019s ongoing commitment to international literature and to writers whose work moves across borders\u2014geographical, linguistic, and gendered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For queer and racialised audiences in Brussels, Vuong\u2019s visit offers more than just a literary highlight. It is an opportunity to see a canon\u2011level writer who insists on bodies, histories, and desires that are often erased, and who does so without sacrificing formal experimentation or beauty. For others, it may be an entry point into a body of work that is at once deeply personal and urgently political.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Practical info and useful links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ocean Vuong\u2019s official site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanvuong.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oceanvuong.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Event: \u201cMeet the Writer: Ocean Vuong\u201d \u2013 Bozar, Brussels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date &amp; time: 14 March 2026, 20:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venue: Centre for Fine Arts (Bozar), Rue Ravenstein, Brussels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets and event page (Bozar):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bozar.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bozar.be\/<\/a>\u00a0(search \u201cOcean Vuong\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets portal:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.bozar.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/tickets.bozar.be\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passa Porta programme:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.passaporta.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.passaporta.be\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>KET Magazine is a community\u2011driven, non\u2011profit magazine run by volunteers based in Brussels. 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Contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Info@ket.brussels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Info@ket.brussels<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 14 March 2026, Vietnamese American writer and poet Ocean Vuong comes to Bozar 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