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hearkenheretic's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Ocean Vuong as always packs a gut punch of emotion that will hit you right in your Abandonment Issues™️, just as a warning
rainbowfishy's review against another edition
2.75
when frequently praised poetry doesn’t resonate with me, i always concede that it’s probably a Me Problem. usually i don’t feel like i understand the creative choices… but my god did Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker absolutely destroy me
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