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Queer Book Club x Poetry Book Club: Time is a Mother

  • Lost City Books 2467 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20009 United States (map)

Join us and our hosts, Nell and Jonny, for the crossover event of the century, this month's LGBTQIA Book Club and Poetry Book Club: Ocean Vuong's Time is a Mother!

About Time is a Mother:

In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother’s death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid, brave, and propulsive, Vuong’s poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break.

This book club will be hosted via ZOOM, a video conferencing app for computers and phones. Open to all -- please just rsvp with a ticket for access to the ZOOM meeting. You can also purchase a copy of the book here which will give you:

  • a copy of Ocean Vuong's Time is a Mother

  • access to the guided ZOOM discussion with our hosts, Nell and Jonny, from Lost City Books

*** We ask that participants be aware that you will need to download the ZOOM app to join the meeting. Within ZOOM, your camera's audio will pull your video to center-screen so it is advisable to set up in a quiet area. Additionally we ask that participants be courteous and take turns speaking/remain aware of your floor time so that everyone can get the most out of the book club experience.