01525cam a2200301 i 4500 549987327 TxAuBib 20220413120000.0 210702s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021031789 9780593300237 HRD 24.00 0593300238 HRD 24.00 TxAuBib rda Vuong, Ocean, 1988- Poems Selections. Time is a mother [BOOK] / Ocean Vuong. New York : Penguin Press, 2022. 114 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 114). 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 American war in America. At once vivid, brave, and propulsive, Vuong’s poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break. Provided by publisher. 20220413. Death Poetry. Awareness Poetry. Poetry.