As Pride Month unfolds, Pride Source celebrates the voices, stories and icons that illuminate the rich tapestry of queer ...

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, June 15, 2025, including hardcover and paperback ...

Jane Singer, Public Library, and Charlie Hunts, owner of Charlie's Queer Books, recommend four books that showcase LGBTQ+ ...

A drag queen murder mystery. Lavender marriages. Celebrity romances and hot bartenders. Here are LGBTQ+ books we recommend ...

Another explores how queer sexuality was coded through subtext and suggestion in classic Hollywood cinema. Still others ...

And, if we may be so bold, one of those priorities really should be to dig into one of the many great new books that have ...

Vuong's new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is the first he's written, from start to finish, since his mother died in 2019.

Ocean Vuong became a literary star when his first ... The author just launched his much-awaited second novel, “The Emperor of Gladness” (out now from Penguin Press), which he’ll discuss ...

Ocean Vuong’s new novel follows Hai as he takes care of Grazina and works in a fast-casual restaurant to help support them. Told in moments, “The Emperor of Gladness” takes existentialism to ...

Book Review: Ocean Vuong Takes Existentialism to Deeply Intimate Level in 'The Emperor of Gladness' Hai is 19 and suicidal. Grazina is 81 and living alone with dementia. So when she strikes a deal ...