Time Is a Mother It is this unshakeable bond

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Time Is a Mother It is this unshakeable bondAuthor: Vuong, Ocean The highly anticipated 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 his mothers death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the