Time is a Mother Ik meld mij af bread is a striking first

bread is a striking first collection

maar of dat uiteindelijk genoeg is om haar leven te redden

among them a moving elegy for her mother

migration and grief

Time is a Mother Ik meld mij af bread is a striking firstOcean Vuong In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with the meaning of family and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid,