Time Is a Mother KY she must learn to control

she must learn to control her powers from the ancestors who wielded them first--without losing herself in the process

With topics ranging from hip-hop and family to politics and everything in between

George Jackson was convicted of stealing seventy dollars from a gas station and was sentenced from one year to life

When "God [becomes] a house [she] can't leave

Time Is a Mother KY she must learn to control"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often." The Washington Post The New York Times bestselling collection of poems from the award winning writer Ocean Vuong How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it points to the good part In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined