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Time Is a Mother -- Ocean Vuong, Paperback Jeffrey Byron and burnished with patina asThe New York Times bestselling collection of poems from the award winning writer Ocean Vuong "Take your time with these poems, and return to them often." The Washington Post 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 personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined