Time Is a Mother

Title: Time Is a Mother Author: Ocean Vuong ISBN: 9780593300251 Publisher: Penguin Books Published: 2023 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Poetry 1513207 Publisher Description: The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often." --The Washington Post How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it points to the good part 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 cost of being the product of an Am