Vulnerable Beauty: A Signature on the Soundstage Event featuring Ocean Vuong

We had the honor of hosting New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed poet and essayist Ocean Vuong for our signature on the soundstage Institute event at Alexander Library on the Rutgers University—New Brunswick campus on February 29, 2024.

The room was at capacity and we had an excellent turnout of faculty, staff and students from across Rutgers, and the general public.

It was an incredibly captivating and powerful conversation between Ocean Vuong and our co-moderators Carlos Decena, Acting Director, and Cross-Campus Director of Undergraduate Intellectual Life at the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, and Professor of Latino and Caribbean Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, and Dr. Allan Punzalan Isaac, Professor of American Studies and English and Associate Humanities Dean at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

With our thanks to Rutgers Libraries for their generous support and co-sponsorship of this event!