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Ocean Vuong’s quote and signature.
I saw someone sitting next to me on the commuter train reading his book, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.
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Ocean Vuong’s quote and signature.
I saw someone sitting next to me on the commuter train reading his book, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.
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There are times when the world seems slightly out of reach. Not absent, just a little harder to feel connected to.
It's common to interpret that as something missing, or to move past it quickly. The world doesn't disappear in those moments. You remain part of it, even if the contact feels different than expected.
Often the body responds before you notice as tension, shortened breath, an effort to return to something more familiar.This week's reflection @ https://emotus.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-bottleneck #OceanVuong
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There are times when the world seems slightly out of reach. Not absent, just a little harder to feel connected to.
It's common to interpret that as something missing, or to move past it quickly. The world doesn't disappear in those moments. You remain part of it, even if the contact feels different than expected.
Often the body responds before you notice as tension, shortened breath, an effort to return to something more familiar.This week's reflection @ https://emotus.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-bottleneck #OceanVuong
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Clubes de lectura - Marzo 2026 - El emperador de Alegría / L'emperador d'Alegria, de Ocean Vuong
La Repunantinha, viernes, 13 de marzo, 19:00 CET
En La Repunantinha llevamos a cabo diferentes clubes de lectura cada mes, con líneas temáticas diversas. Siempre con grupos reducidos (máximo 10 personas), incluyen pica pica y bebida para pasar un rato comentando las historias y siendo bastante mamarraches <3
En marzo...
¿Qué libros habrá?
DILEMA DEL ERIZO:
Viernes, 13/03/2026 - El emperador de Alegría, Ocean Vuong, ed. Anagrama -
"The hardest thing in the world is to live only once."
-- #FirstSentences of Ocean Vuong, *The Emperor of Gladness*
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Started this on a whim last night. Have to read it pretty quickly to get it back to the library in time, so might not have a ton of #ReadingNotes ... but I'll use this as a spot for sharing thoughts.Despite starting it on a whim, already 100 pages in --- so not too shabby so far!
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"The hardest thing in the world is to live only once."
-- #FirstSentences of Ocean Vuong, *The Emperor of Gladness*
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Started this on a whim last night. Have to read it pretty quickly to get it back to the library in time, so might not have a ton of #ReadingNotes ... but I'll use this as a spot for sharing thoughts.Despite starting it on a whim, already 100 pages in --- so not too shabby so far!
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Was planning to start Aaron John Curtis's *Old School Indian* this afternoon, but my wife brought home a copy of Ocean Vuong's *Emperor of Gladness* from the library and she hasn't started it yet.
Two very different books but am suddenly a bit torn. And by the rules of international engagement, I do believe that, since she hasn't started the Vuong yet, I can legally start it and then it's mine to finish.
Do I want a "poetic, dramatic, and vivid story," one that is "tender and moving," showing the "profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life" (Vuong, from the book jacket)?
Or do I want "humor, sincerity, and heartbreak," a book that is "brave, funny, and irreverent" (Curtis)?
Hmmm....
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Was planning to start Aaron John Curtis's *Old School Indian* this afternoon, but my wife brought home a copy of Ocean Vuong's *Emperor of Gladness* from the library and she hasn't started it yet.
Two very different books but am suddenly a bit torn. And by the rules of international engagement, I do believe that, since she hasn't started the Vuong yet, I can legally start it and then it's mine to finish.
Do I want a "poetic, dramatic, and vivid story," one that is "tender and moving," showing the "profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life" (Vuong, from the book jacket)?
Or do I want "humor, sincerity, and heartbreak," a book that is "brave, funny, and irreverent" (Curtis)?
Hmmm....
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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/31/what-were-reading-writers-and-readers-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-july #BarbaraKingsolver #Crimefiction #IrvineWelsh #OceanVuong #Culture #Fiction #Poetry #Books
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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/31/what-were-reading-writers-and-readers-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-july #BarbaraKingsolver #Crimefiction #IrvineWelsh #OceanVuong #Culture #Fiction #Poetry #Books
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Just finished Ocean Vuong's newest novel, The Emperor of Gladness, and, holy shit. Very different from his other work, was not expecting to encounter one of the nicest stories I've ever read, often having a Little Miss Sunshine vibe but with found family.
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Just finished Ocean Vuong's newest novel, The Emperor of Gladness, and, holy shit. Very different from his other work, was not expecting to encounter one of the nicest stories I've ever read, often having a Little Miss Sunshine vibe but with found family.
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The most beautiful part of your body
is where it’s headed~ Ocean Vuong
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Adding to this list as I've been reading some incredible books this year.
More top authors: #CatherineLacey, #LeanneBetasamosakeSimpson, #OceanVuong, #BillyRayBelcourt
More top books: L. B. Simpson, This Accident of Being Lost; S. W. Schwartz, After Sappho; C. Lacey, Biography of X; M. Haushofer, The Wall; I. Mersal, Traces of Enayat
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If you want your heart broken by every page, I highly recommend #OceanVuong's Time is a Mother.
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If you want your heart broken by every page, I highly recommend #OceanVuong's Time is a Mother.
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Few things are as purely pleasing as a new stack of book friends. 📚
—Night Sky with Exit Wounds by #OceanVuong
—Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
—The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by #MarianaEnríquez
—White Walls: Collected Stories by Tatyana Tolstaya
—Harrow by Joy Williams
—Future Feeling by Joss Lake
—Never Say You Can't Survive by @charliejane
—Silver Nitrate by #SilviaMorenoGarcia@bookstodon #AmReading #Bookstodon #Bibliophile #BookLovers #ForeverReading
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Few things are as purely pleasing as a new stack of book friends. 📚
—Night Sky with Exit Wounds by #OceanVuong
—Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
—The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by #MarianaEnríquez
—White Walls: Collected Stories by Tatyana Tolstaya
—Harrow by Joy Williams
—Future Feeling by Joss Lake
—Never Say You Can't Survive by @charliejane
—Silver Nitrate by #SilviaMorenoGarcia@bookstodon #AmReading #Bookstodon #Bibliophile #BookLovers #ForeverReading
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“Lest we forget,
a morgue is also a community center.”- Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother
(From a DVAN book review: “In his sophomore poetry collection, Time is a Mother, Ocean Vuong meditates on how we think about death as individuals and as a community, and how we shoulder the weight of intergenerational trauma. Vuong reframes death and mourning as lonely processes into something communal.”)
#HisAndHearsePress #OceanVuong #TimeIsAMother #DVAN #Poetry #Quote #GriefQuotes #LiteraryQuotes #Grief #Funeral #Morgue #DeathPositive
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“Lest we forget,
a morgue is also a community center.”- Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother
(From a DVAN book review: “In his sophomore poetry collection, Time is a Mother, Ocean Vuong meditates on how we think about death as individuals and as a community, and how we shoulder the weight of intergenerational trauma. Vuong reframes death and mourning as lonely processes into something communal.”)
#HisAndHearsePress #OceanVuong #TimeIsAMother #DVAN #Poetry #Quote #GriefQuotes #LiteraryQuotes #Grief #Funeral #Morgue #DeathPositive
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Just finished Ocean Vuong's glorious novel, “On Earth we're briefly gorgeous", and what can I say. I wish I had such a command of any language at all, I wish I could conjure emotions out of words with such mastery. I wish I could express what the immigrant experience feels like with such poignant clarity. I'm impressed, jealous in a good way, and eagerly recommend it to anyone.
Six stars out of five.
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Just finished Ocean Vuong's glorious novel, “On Earth we're briefly gorgeous", and what can I say. I wish I had such a command of any language at all, I wish I could conjure emotions out of words with such mastery. I wish I could express what the immigrant experience feels like with such poignant clarity. I'm impressed, jealous in a good way, and eagerly recommend it to anyone.
Six stars out of five.
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@Frohmann »Auf Erden sind wir kurz grandios« von Ocean Vuong, erschienen bei btb. #OceanVuong #MeinGutesBuch #Lesen #Literatur #Bookstodon
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Die humanitäre Lage spitzt sich weiter zu. Weil sämtliche Rettungsschiffe festgesetzt sind, ertrinken im Mittelmeer die Menschen.
Verhinderte Seenotrettung: Zynisch und menschenverachtend
#Lampedusa-Flüchtlinge #Seenotrettung #OceanVuong #EU-Flüchtlingspolitik #EU-Außengrenzen #Flucht #Europa #Politik #Schwerpunkt
