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In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the value of joy in a perennially fractured American spirit. Vivid, brave, and propulsive, Vuong's poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicentre of the break.
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He stood alone in the backyard, so dark the night purpled around him. THE BULL
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(@PenguinUKBooks, 7 April 2022, ebook, 112 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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I've loved the author's other books so couldn't wait to read Time is A Mother. I thought the poems in this collection were incredible. I enjoyed it a little more than Night Sky with Exit Wounds which blew me away. The poems are intense and personal like his other collection. I almost felt like I was intruding on something very personal. This is an incredible collection. I particularly enjoyed Snow Theory, Waterline, Reasons for Staying and Toy Boat. I'd recommend this.
