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✍️ Ocean Vuong
3 titles · Literary, Fiction, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age
⭐ 4.32019
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
🌶️🌶️🌶️ · 256p
A letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Vietnamese-American identity, first love, opioid crisis, and language itself. Every sentence is poetry. Vuong writes like breathing hurts.
AngstEmotional Devastation
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
🌶️🌶️🌶️ · 246p
A letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Vietnamese-American identity, queerness, addiction, love. Every sentence is poetry. Ocean Vuong writes like his words are made of light.
AngstHurt ComfortSlow And Atmospheric
⭐ 4.32019
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
🌶️🌶️ · 256p
A letter from a son to an illiterate mother. Ocean Vuong writes prose that reads like concentrated poetry. About Vietnam, addiction, queerness, and survival.
EpistolaryMother SonImmigrationQueerness