3.5
Time Is a Mother
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"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often.” —The Washington Post
The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong
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 personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in 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 the meaning of family and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid, brave, and propulsive, these poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break.
The author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds, winner of the 2016 Whiting Award, the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize, and a 2019 MacArthur fellowship, Vuong writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the current moment. These poems represent a more innovative and daring experimentation with language and form, illuminating how the themes we perennially live in and question are truly inexhaustible. Bold and prescient, and a testament to tenderness in the face of violence, Time Is a Mother is a return and a forging forth all at once.
The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong
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 personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in 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 the meaning of family and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid, brave, and propulsive, these poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break.
The author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds, winner of the 2016 Whiting Award, the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize, and a 2019 MacArthur fellowship, Vuong writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the current moment. These poems represent a more innovative and daring experimentation with language and form, illuminating how the themes we perennially live in and question are truly inexhaustible. Bold and prescient, and a testament to tenderness in the face of violence, Time Is a Mother is a return and a forging forth all at once.
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3.5
“I loved this book! I also love Vuong's writing. This specific book really confused me,but that was because of the writing style not the content.”
“Ocean Vuong's writing always has a nice ring to it. Although not all of the poems flowed and resonated with me, I appreciate his tone and intention. It may take some time to get used to the author's voice, and I suggested reading it slowly (and on some of the poems, out loud). 👌👌”
“I respect that not everything is for me. My rating is a better reflection of my current ability to appreciate varied and abstract (to me) poetry than it is the actual book”
“Hans digt “Reasons for staying” har tatoveret sig på min hjerne. Det har seriøst meget ændret min måde at tænke på livet. Den skal læses hele livet omg altid hele tiden, den skal ligge i min kiste med mig. “Woodworking at the end of the world” er også såååå unikt og smukt. Selvom han skriver abstrakt til tider, kan man bare mega meget se sig selv k det som står. Mellemrummene der adskiller sætningerne giver plads til at indsætte ens eget væsen. Så smukt, selvtilgivelse, det smukke i det grumme. Frickin elsker Mr Voung så frickin meget. #ILoveThisGuy!!!”
About Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the 2019 MacArthur “Genius Grant,” he is also the winner of the Whiting Award and the T. S. Eliot Prize. His writings have also been featured in The Atlantic, Harper’s, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently splits his time between western Massachusetts and New York City.
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