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A review by paigeweb
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
4.0
A cathartic exorcism of childhood and adolescent memories in the form of a letter to an illiterate mother. Themes of emigration, diaspora living, the effects of war and generational trauma, queerness in rural America, etc.
Who will be lost in the story we tell ourselves? Who will be lost in ourselves? A story, after all, is a kind of swallowing.
You once told me that memory is a choice. But if you were god, you’d know it’s a flood.
Who will be lost in the story we tell ourselves? Who will be lost in ourselves? A story, after all, is a kind of swallowing.
You once told me that memory is a choice. But if you were god, you’d know it’s a flood.