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Literary Fiction · 2023 · PG-13

Time Is a Mother

by Ocean Vuong

Vuong's second poetry collection — grief, drugs, and what comes after.

"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

For14+GenreLiterary FictionLength96 pagesRead time~2.5 hours

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Violence

None

No violence

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Some

Gay sexuality and desire

Substance Use

Some

Drug references; addiction mentioned

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Grief; the mother's death from cancer; psychological weight of loss

What this book is about

Vuong's 2022 collection written after his mother's death from cancer. Features grief, drug use (references to addiction), and queer desire. For adults.

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Drug references

Gay sexual content

Grief

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