

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Classic City Readers: The Emperor of Gladness
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Classic City Readers is a longstanding book club dedicated to the appreciation and examination of the written word. Join Darcy on the third Wednesday of every month in the Close Community Room for a thoughtful and interesting literary discussion.

Library cards are not required to check out the books for this book club. Just stop by the desk on the Main Level of the library to pick up a copy of the current title.

On Wednesday, February 18th, from 12:00 - 1:00 pm, we'll discuss The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong.

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Description of The Emperor of Gladness from Penguin Random House:

The hardest thing in the world is to live only once…

One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual reckoning, and heartbreak, with the power to transform Hai’s relationship to himself, his family, and a community on the brink.

Following the cycles of history, memory, and time, The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life. At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul. Hallmarks of Ocean Vuong’s writing—formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness—are on full display in this story of loss, hope, and how far we would go to possess one of life’s most fleeting mercies: a second chance.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/auburn/classic-city-readers-the-emperor-of-gladness/200029603581725
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://epl-lib.libcal.com/event/15524243?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=auburn-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Auburn
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Eckhart Public Library
- **lat**: 41.363953449479
- **long**: -85.057685295367
- **full address**: Eckhart Public Library, 603 S Jackson St,Auburn,IN,United States

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- **organizer**: Eckhart Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/eckhart-public-library/11620903)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Eckhart Public Library, 603 S Jackson St,Auburn,IN,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Eckhart Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Classic City Readers: The Emperor of Gladness ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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