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translove's review against another edition
4.5
künstlerroman will stay with me for a while, as other ocean vuong poems have. and reading this actually made me go reread someday i'll love ocean vuong which remains one of THE poems ever for me. i hope he does love ocean vuong now or will someday, but i sure do and always have.
"then it came to me, my life. i remembered my life the way an ax handle, mid-swing, remembers the tree.
& i was free."
"then it came to me, my life. i remembered my life the way an ax handle, mid-swing, remembers the tree.
& i was free."
imanit's review against another edition
4.0
He's the best, what more is there to say. Beautiful prose, thoughtful poetry, often moving
alexandriapiette's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
4.5
After reading On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous in 2022, I knew the desire to dig into Vuong’s other publications was a must. Time is a Mother is poetry rich in being. While I agree with additional reviews that there are a handful of poems throughout this collection that feel odd, in a sense, there were too many moments of sheer poetic meaningfulness that I couldn’t dare to rate it lower. Notable highlights for me include, but are not limited to, ‘The Bull’, ‘American Legend’, ‘The Last Dinosaur’, ‘Klünstlerroman’, and ‘Ars Poetica as the Maker’. The famed piece, ‘Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker’, is a concept I, truthfully, wish I had thought of myself in my person creative writing endeavors, as it’s a stunning method of conveying a story through few words.
All in all, it pains me to see the lower reviews for this work; I think it’s absolutely worth reading if you’re an established follower of Vuong’s art! At the same time, I don’t think I would introduce this to anyone for their first reading experience with the author.
All in all, it pains me to see the lower reviews for this work; I think it’s absolutely worth reading if you’re an established follower of Vuong’s art! At the same time, I don’t think I would introduce this to anyone for their first reading experience with the author.
bookdragon137's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
3.0
I’m not sure I really get poetry. At the same time, in this case, it’s hard to even tell what I might not be getting. I love Vuong’s style, especially in prose, and some passages are genuinely beautiful, but I was so, so confused.
ashleyht_'s review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
ocean vuong has a way of manipulating words and crafting such a beautiful storyline from it, i’m truly envious and in awe at the same time. he is raw talent and emotion put into a human being who so beautifully writes about his experiences being gay, immigrant, dealing with gtief and so much more. every page was phenomenal and worth the ink it was printed on. i’m excited to see his work in the future