Ep. 40: A book-length beautiful poem and my fragmented thoughts - "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous"
In this episode, I talk about my experience reading On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong.
Was it an immediate hit? No.
Was it a miss? Absolutely not.
I am still processing this book, and honestly, I genuinely do not know how I feel about it yet.
There are simply too many fragmented thoughts and feelings that I can't fully put into words to discuss the actual content. However, one thing I can say for sure is that I really, really liked his writing style.
Told in the form of a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read, the prose is exquisitely beautiful. Combined with the way the…
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