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. How else do we return to ourselves but to fold
But from all of this intersection of tragedy and tenderness, true wisdom comes: Vuong teaches us not just how to grieve, but how to live.” - Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa
The poet’s late mother is these pages’ muse and guardian spirit, as poem after poem Vuong redefines our idea of what an elegy can do it, what it is for. “Ocean Vuong’s Time Is a Mother is haunting, inconsolable, and at the same time a playful, generous in spirit, tender, inimitable book. Ocean Vuong joins us to celebrate the publication of his highly anticipated collection of poems, Time is a Mother (Penguin Press). Point Reyes Books Lighthouse Sweatshirt.
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