ARGONAUT BOOKS

In 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. Reviews Ocean Vuong, one of my favourite contemporary poets, expanded his body of work beautifully in Time Is a Mother.ObserverA remarkable return: Vuong's unparalleled luminosity of phrase, his perfected pinpoint accuracy of image is here placed alongside a thrilling expansion of voice and gaze which further confirms Vuong as one of the most important poets ...Read More