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Discover the Sunday Times bestselling collection from the TikTok
sensation and author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 'Tender and
heartbreaking' TIME 'Powerful' DUA LIPA In this deeply intimate
second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the
aftershocks of his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting
within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Vivid,
brave and propulsive, Vuong's poems contend with personal loss, the
meaning of family, and the value of joy in a perennially fractured
American spirit. The author of the critically acclaimed poetry
collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds, winner of the 2016 Whiting
Award, the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize and a 2019 MacArthur fellow,
Vuong writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the
current moment. Bold and prescient, and a testament to tenderness
in the face of violence, Time is a Mother is a return and a
forging-forth all at once. 'Further confirms Vuong as one of the
most important poets of his generation' ANDREW MCMILLAN, author of
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Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong
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An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers
Roxana Marcoci; Contributions by La Frances Hui, Joan Kee, Thy Phu, Caitlin Ryan, …
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How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it
points to the good part In this deeply intimate second poetry
collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of
his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief
while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through
memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We're
Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of
family, and the value of joy in a perennially fractured American
spirit. Vivid, brave, and propulsive, Vuong's poems circle
fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicentre
of the break. The author of the critically acclaimed poetry
collection Night Sky With Exit Wounds, winner of the 2016 Whiting
Award, the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize, and a 2019 MacArthur fellow,
Vuong writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the
current moment. These poems represent a more innovative and daring
experimentation with language and form, illuminating how the themes
we live in and question are truly inexhaustible. Bold and
prescient, and a testament to tenderness in the face of violence,
Time Is a Mother is a return and a forging-forth all at once.
Discover the powerful new collection from the TikTok sensation and
author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION 'A marvel' Marlon
James Brilliant, heart-breaking and highly original, discover Ocean
Vuong's shattering coming of age novel. This is a letter from a son
to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog,
is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history
that began before he was born. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting
impact of war, and of his family's struggle to forge a new future.
And it serves as a doorway into parts of Little Dog's life his
mother has never known - episodes of bewilderment, fear and passion
- all the while moving closer to an unforgettable revelation.
'Reminded me that every word can be an incantation, and that beauty
does hard and important work' Rebecca Solnit
An instant New York Times Bestseller! Longlisted for the 2019
National Book Award for Fiction, the Carnegie Medal in Fiction, the
2019 Aspen Words Literacy Prize, and the PEN/Hemingway Debut Novel
Award Shortlisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Winner of the 2019 New England Book Award for Fiction! Named one of
the most anticipated books of 2019 by Vulture, Entertainment
Weekly, Buzzfeed, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Oprah.com,
Huffington Post, The A.V. Club, Nylon, The Week, The Rumpus, The
Millions, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and more. "A lyrical
work of self-discovery that's shockingly intimate and insistently
universal...Not so much briefly gorgeous as permanently stunning."
-Ron Charles, The Washington Post Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is
a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive
power of storytelling On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter
from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker,
Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's
history that began before he was born - a history whose epicenter
is rooted in Vietnam - and serves as a doorway into parts of his
life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an
unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet
undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a
brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking
questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in
addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and
tenderness, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the
power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating
silence of not being heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean
Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks
how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are.
The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of
joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years. Named a
Best Book of the Year by: GQ, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Library
Journal, TIME, Esquire, The Washington Post, Apple, Good
Housekeeping, The New Yorker, The New York Public Library,
Elle.com, The Guardian, The A.V. Club, NPR, Lithub, Entertainment
Weekly, Vogue.com, The San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones,
Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal Magazine and more!
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100 Queer Poems (Hardcover)
Andrew McMillan, Mary Jean Chan; Contributions by Ocean Vuong, Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest, …
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Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan's luminous anthology, 100 Queer
Poems, is a celebration of thrilling contemporary voices and
visionary poets of the past. Featuring Elizabeth Bishop, Langston
Hughes, Ocean Vuong, Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest and many more. *
Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2022 *
Encompassing both the flowering of queer poetry over the past few
decades and the poets who came before and broke new ground, 100
Queer Poems presents an electrifying range of writing from the
twentieth century to the present day. Questioning and redefining
what we mean by a 'queer' poem, you'll find inside classics by
Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Wilfred Owen, Charlotte Mew and
June Jordan, central contemporary figures such as Mark Doty,
Jericho Brown, Carol Ann Duffy, Kei Miller, Kae Tempest, Natalie
Diaz and Ocean Vuong, alongside thrilling new voices including Chen
Chen, Richard Scott, Harry Josephine Giles, Verity Spott and Jay
Bernard. Curated by two widely acclaimed poets, Mary Jean Chan and
Andrew McMillan, 100 Queer Poems moves from childhood and
adolescence to forging new homes and relationships with our chosen
families, from urban life to the natural world, from explorations
of the past to how we find and create our future selves.
'Abundantly rich and rewarding...capturing how queer poets and
their work speak to one another across generations' Attitude 'More
than a landmark volume... An anthology that marks the present
moment and ushers in a new one' Okechukwu Nzelu, author of Here
Again Now
Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize 'Reading Vuong is like
watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English
with muscled intuition.' New Yorker An extraordinary debut from a
young Vietnamese American, Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a book of
poetry unlike any other. Steeped in war and cultural upheaval and
wielding a fresh new language, Vuong writes about the most profound
subjects - love and loss, conflict, grief, memory and desire - and
attends to them all with lines that feel newly-minted, graceful in
their cadences, passionate and hungry in their tender, close
attention: '...the chief of police/facedown in a pool of
Coca-Cola./A palm-sized photo of his father soaking/beside his left
ear.' This is an unusual, important book: both gentle and visceral,
vulnerable and assured, and its blend of humanity and power make it
one of the best first collections of poetry to come out of America
in years. 'These are poems of exquisite beauty, unashamed of
romance, and undaunted by looking directly into the horrors of war,
the silences of history. One of the most important debut
collections for a generation.' Andrew McMillan Winner of the 2017
Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection A Guardian / Daily
Telegraph Book of the Year PBS Summer Recommendation
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Igshaan Adams - Desire Lines (Paperback)
Hendrik Folkerts; Contributions by Lynne Cooke, Isaac Facio, Josh Ginsburg, Imam Muhsin Hendricks, …
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Discovery Miles 5 520
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A timely exploration of the allusive, sculptural fiber work of an
important contemporary South African artist The book presents an
early career survey of the work of Cape Town-based artist Igshaan
Adams (b. 1982), showcasing his multimedia practice since 2009. In
addition to exploring recurring motifs in his work-Arabic
calligraphy, the rose, the (self-)portrait, Sufi symbols, and
pathways literal and metaphorical-the publication highlights some
of Adams's material concerns, including his sculptural applications
of weaving, his embrace of recycled materials related to black
South African domesticity and interiority, and his use of the
gallery wall and floor in installations. Hendrik Folkerts surveys
the artist's recent work, addressing its engagement with presence,
absence, and the trace.. Adams himself offers a visual essay
enabling readers to see details they would be imperceptible in a
gallery setting. In shorter essays and poetic texts, the other
authors focus on the South African historical and political
context, specific artworks, and particular creative strategies,
materialities, and narratives. Distributed for the Art Institute of
Chicago Exhibition Schedule: Art Institute of Chicago (April
2-August 1, 2022)
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Doris Salcedo
Sam Keller, Fiona Hesse; Text written by Seloua Luste Boulbina, Mary Schneider Enriquez, Ocean Vuong
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FINDING A FORM FOR THE TRAUMAS OF LOSS AND VIOLENCE Experiences of
violence and loss take shape in the work of internationally
acclaimed Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. Although her sculptures
and installations are often based on concrete events, feelings of
grief, alienation and loss of home take on a universally valid,
heartfelt expression in her works. Different materials such as
stone and concrete, wooden furniture, grass, petals, hair or pieces
of clothing are transformed and charged with meaning. Rarely do
indi vidual pain and collective grief find such a touching form or
has their social overcoming been formulated so forcefully. Created
in close collaboration with the artist, the cata logue offers a
comprehensive survey over Salcedo’s work from 1986 to 2022.
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