Our next book recommendation comes from Zack Siy ’23. Zack is recommending “Time Is a Mother,” a poetry collection by Ocean Vuong: “Time Is a Mother” is the sophomore poetry collection of Ocean Vuong, a Vietnamese American immigrant writer and one of the most prominent poets of our generation. Throughout the collection, Vuong touches on topics such as immigrant identities and relationships, queerness in America, and love in spite of (and beyond) death. Prior to this book’s release, Vuong was already one of my favorite poets, and I thus highly anticipated his new collection of work. As an Asian American poet and immigrant myself, Vuong’s writing is very close to my heart for a number of reasons. Many of the topics he covers are relatable to me in a way that is often untranslatable, yet Vuong handles them with such precision that he makes my own experiences more recognizable. In this capacity, I have found “Time Is a Mother” to be a beautiful experiment in literature’s unique potentia...