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Literature · 2019

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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Keeps memory in play with a different literature voice.

A letter from a Vietnamese-American son to his illiterate mother. Language, trauma, and tenderness.

This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.

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A letter from a Vietnamese-American son to his illiterate mother. Language, trauma, and tenderness.

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A letter from a Vietnamese-American son to his illiterate mother. Language, trauma, and tenderness.

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