Time Is a Mother history and they could not be

and they could not be more different: Oddny hopes for a quiet life

when they find themselves alone together

"The greatest conspiracy of the past two thousand years is about to unravel

With a proclivity for order and the number three

Time Is a Mother history and they could not beIn 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 contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid,