On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Name: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Author: Ocean Vuong

by Ocean Vuong

Letter-poem to mother exploring queerness, beauty, and survival of Vietnamese immigrant family

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Ocean Vuong

Vietnamese-American poet and novelist whose debut poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous brought him immediate international recognition for his lyrical, elegiac meditation on war, sexuality, and immigrant identity.

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