![]() “It takes months of thinking about something before I write, and so when I do, it's familiar territory. Putting himself back in that headspace wasn’t easy, but Vuong came prepared. This time, he meditates on his grief over losing her to cancer three years ago. Like his 2019 debut novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - a work of autofiction that takes the form of a letter written by a young Vietnamese American called Little Dog to his illiterate mother, Rose - Time Is a Mother explores Vuong’s relationship with his mom. The subject matter he tackles, though, is as vulnerable as ever. “I said, ‘Okay, I can have a little bit of wit and humor that does service to what I'm working on.’” So while working on his new collection, Time Is a Mother, he took their note. ![]() “My friends say, ‘Ocean, you're so funny in life, but your books are so sad,’” Vuong, 33, tells Bustle. ![]() But this sweet treat-loving Libra king probably isn’t what readers imagine when they encounter his emotionally fraught poetry and prose. ![]() Ocean Vuong considers himself “basic.” He’s obsessed with astrology, and likes to unwind from a day of writing with a vegan ice cream cone. ![]()
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