Vuong, Ocean - Time is a Mother

Time is a Mother

Author: Ocean Vuong

Genre: Poetry

Pages: 86

Publisher: Jonathan Cape

Release Date: June 8, 2023

Format: Paperback

Size (in cm): 19.3 (height) x 13 (width) x 1 (depth)

ISBN: 9781787333703

Synopsis:

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. Vivid, brave and propulsive, Vuong's poems contend with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the value of joy in a perennially fractured American spirit.

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 fellow, Vuong writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the current moment. 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.

LGBT Themes:

• Achillean

Relevant Tags:

Poetry, Queer, LGBT, Fiction, Contemporary, Achillean, Adult, Grief, Asian Literature, Queer Lit