Time Is a Mother

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Time Is a Mother is a poetry collection by Ocean Vuong that meditates on grief, memory, and identity in the aftermath of personal loss.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Ocean Vuong NERFINISHED
authorGender male
authorNationality Vietnamese American NERFINISHED
authorOfWorkPreviously Night Sky with Exit Wounds NERFINISHED
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous NERFINISHED
containsForm free verse poems
lyric sequences
prose poems
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews
follows Night Sky with Exit Wounds NERFINISHED
genre poetry
hasAuthorOccupation novelist
poet
language English
literaryForm lyric poetry
literaryMovement contemporary American poetry
mediaType audiobook
e-book
print
notableFor exploration of grief after the death of the poet’s mother
innovative poetic form and fragmentation
originalLanguage English
publicationDate 2022-04-05
publicationYear 2022
publisher Penguin Press NERFINISHED
publisherImprint Penguin Press (U.S.) NERFINISHED
setting contemporary United States
subjectMatter Vietnamese diaspora
language and silence
masculinity
personal loss
war and its aftermath
theme family
grief
identity
immigrant experience
memory
memory and time
mother–son relationship
mourning
queer identity
trauma
writtenBy Ocean Vuong NERFINISHED

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