Time Is a Mother

Author: Ocean Vuong
Narrator: Ocean Vuong
Length: 01:43:49
Language: English
Genre: Adults, General Fiction, Poetry

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The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong “Take your time with these poems, and return to them often.” —The Washington Post 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 c

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1 01 Time is a Mother - Intro - Ocean Vuong 00:00:22
2 02 Time is a Mother - Thoi Gian La Mot Nguoi Me - Ocean Vuong 00:00:06
3 03 Time is a Mother - Dedication - Ocean Vuong 00:00:10
4 04 Time is a Mother - Epigraph - Ocean Vuong 00:00:10
5 05 Time is a Mother - The Bull - Ocean Vuong 00:01:32
6 06 Time is a Mother - Part I - Snow Theory - Ocean Vuong 00:01:22
7 07 Time is a Mother - Dear Peter - Ocean Vuong 00:02:10
8 08 Time is a Mother - Skinny Dipping - Ocean Vuong 00:01:22
9 09 Time is a Mother - Beautiful Short Loser - Ocean Vuong 00:05:15
10 10 Time is a Mother - Old Glory - Ocean Vuong 00:01:06
11 11 Time is a Mother - You Guys - Ocean Vuong 00:02:21
12 12 Time is a Mother - Dear Sara - Ocean Vuong 00:02:46
13 13 Time is a Mother - American Legend - Ocean Vuong 00:03:52
14 14 Time is a Mother - The Last Dinosaur - Ocean Vuong 00:02:32
15 15 Time is a Mother - Part II - Rise & Shine - Ocean Vuong 00:01:53
16 16 Time is a Mother - The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica - Ocean Vuong 00:02:28
17 17 Time is a Mother - Dear T - Ocean Vuong 00:03:27
18 18 Time is a Mother - Waterline - Ocean Vuong 00:01:03
19 19 Time is a Mother - Not Even - Ocean Vuong 00:07:35
20 20 Time is a Mother - Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker - Ocean Vuong 00:04:55
21 21 Time is a Mother - Nothing - Ocean Vuong 00:06:21
22 22 Time is a Mother - Scavengers - Ocean Vuong 00:00:57
23 23 Time is a Mother - Part III - Kunstlerroman - Ocean Vuong 00:16:21
24 24 Time is a Mother - Reasons for Staying - Ocean Vuong 00:03:42
25 25 Time is a Mother - Part IV - Ars Poetica as the Maker - Ocean Vuong 00:01:49
26 26 Time is a Mother - Toy Boat - Ocean Vuong 00:01:01
27 27 Time is a Mother - The Punctum - Ocean Vuong 00:03:16
28 28 Time is a Mother - Tell Me Something Good - Ocean Vuong 00:02:49
29 29 Time is a Mother - No One Knows the Way to Heaven - Ocean Vuong 00:03:20
30 30 Time is a Mother - Almost Human - Ocean Vuong 00:02:15
31 31 Time is a Mother - Dear Rose - Ocean Vuong 00:12:25
32 32 Time is a Mother - Woodworking at the End of the World - Ocean Vuong 00:02:34
33 33 Time is a Mother - End Credits - Ocean Vuong 00:00:30