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    Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'

    Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'

    FromNPR's Book of the Day

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    Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'

    FromNPR's Book of the Day

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    Length:
    8 minutes
    Released:
    Jul 10, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Ocean Vuong's new collection, Time Is A Mother, is about his grief after losing family members. Vuong told Morning Edition's Rachel Martin that time is different now that he has lost his mother: "when I look at my life since she died in 2019, I only see two days: Today when she's not here, and the big, big yesterday when I had her."
    Released:
    Jul 10, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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