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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
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Literature 2019
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong2019
This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.
Synopsis
A letter from a Vietnamese-American son to his illiterate mother. Language, trauma, and tenderness.
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Ocean Vuong, 2019 — On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
A letter from a Vietnamese-American son to his illiterate mother. Language, trauma, and tenderness.
Editorial note
Keeps memory in play with a different literature voice.
This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.
Sensitive cultural and language lines stay qualified until they have authored support.
Why this work is here
A letter from a Vietnamese-American son to his illiterate mother. Language, trauma, and tenderness.
Selected for regional significance · editorial selection · thematic depth
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