Inside the Book: Ocean Vuong (ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS)

[@onepandella5702]

"I would hope that readers approach the book, read it, and not necessarily take anything away, not posses anything, but perhaps just more of themselves. If they could see more of themselves in the book and they can carry that and participate in more parts of their lives than before"

[@barbararipani1331]

The best line of the interview, right

[@hallofries]

im crying

[@sanaparacha838]

i just finished the book and i want to know, WHEN DOES IT ENABLE ME TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE OF MY LIFE THAN I DID BEFORE. sorry that was just so poetic lol.

[@CastellonZamora]

his gently trembling voice makes me imagine the potent impression of his words shake his small frame, bolting out with immense stoic power

[@j.m251]

I’m guessing you’re a writer

[@ame-kc1si]

💀💀

[@bellsa12]

why bitches think the comment section of a yt video the place to try and flex their vocab. just so awkward and stilted 😭

[@harryaugustine5361]

Wow👏🏾

[@LillyTVLPS]

……

[@datschoffner9868]

...sometimes it really takes a whole life time to get an inch closer to each other...

[@briannevin2087]

I just finished the book. Extraordinary read. Extraordinary talent. Very much a novel written by a poet. The best kind of book because the language and the images challenge me. I was weeping at the end. Yes, as a gay male, and a first generation Canadian (Polish-Irish partents), I did see myself in the novel. Other books will be a wash in my memory. This one will not. Thanks so much. Brendan in Toronto.

[@arnold4875]

This comment was written by a poet too

[@francescarompal6381]

A gorgeously heartbreaking read. I cried many a time while reading it, for myself, for those mentioned and for all of us. Absolutely beautiful, what a talent.

[@kristinesantarpia4325]

This book gave me the courage to look through the cards given to me after my mother's passing. After two years, I feel a step closer to accepting. Thank you!

[@laurasono]

One of the best, most beautiful books I have ever read. Thank you.

[@MuhammadKhalid-xe1jy]

Way to go, Vuong! You'll be the best pearl shining in a fading ocean. Good luck.

[@uihiufewhiuubediacbdhs7325]

Lol.

[@SLucy]

I just discovered this treasure of a human being and I didn’t know how much I needed it ❤️

[@ghettofab511]

I truly did see myself in all the ways he wrote beautifully about his relationship with his mother, it made me want to retire about all the beautiful little things with my mom

[@irenfolie]

A very good poet, I'm impressed by his poems. Thank yo for that interview!

[@isabelle843]

Thank you for such an incredible book. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read and it makes me want to write poetry again ❤️

[@allenlivera1611]

I just finished reading this book. It's great to see the author talk about it.

[@JocelyneLemery-paul]

What a profound writer! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and creating such wonderful imageries! Tu as un grand talent! On sent ta très grande sensibilité et vulnérabilité tout au long du roman. Merci et longue vie à ta magnifique plume!

[@eyeswideopen7777]

We need more of you in this world 😢 *sigh

[@davidwoodford7304]

Read your book and loved it! Thanks so much!

[@CJ-jp3zw]

Beautiful expression

[@Rickyandrewww]

Really loved reading this book!

[@veronicabliss]

Honest man.

[@melindapressler5946]

Writing so elegiac I can't express its omnipotent impact

[@user-yk9sk7pg6v]

(thank you)

[@josh440]

Anyone know what happened to the Seth Meyers interview? I can't find it!

[@alexquyenvo5196]

I know, I'm looking for it right now and it's nowhere to be found !

[@TzKirana]

I just googled it and watch it. Great stuff.

[@jonapello245]

risible

[@chrisredfield6404]

what’s funny about this? hm?

[@jonapello245]

@@chrisredfield6404 Besides the utter pretense and unctuous platform given to this personality, Ocean states the goal of the book is to ask "if language can really be a bridge as it has often aspired to be" via WRITING a LETTER to an ILLITERATE person. It's a novel okay, they're already ponderous things -- no need to tip the scales with any more assumed sense of gravity. Yeah I guess it's just all the self-adornment. What do you think?

[@madeleine8662]

@@jonapello245 did you even read the book?

[@SerendipitousProvidence]

@@madeleine8662 Probably didn't but am guessing felt the need to showcase his word stock disparaging him.

[@mikelewis6720]

⁠@@jonapello245dude!! awesome comment. you’re vocabulary is so impressive. Maybe you can try not to be a huge nerd who is mean to people on the internet one day. Have a great christmas!

[@NomnomEater]

This guy is lost in his own imaginary reality. No one thinks Connecticut is full of yachts and rich wealthy people. His perception of reality is quite delusional in his own mind.

[@AnNguyen-lw5xz]

That makes the difference between an artist/novelist and any ordinary person: a distinctive angle of observation.

[@NomnomEater]

@@AnNguyen-lw5xz That is completely false. There’s a huge difference between reality and being a hopeless dreamer. If you ever lived or visited Connecticut then you would know that it is not full of yatchs and rich wealthy people. That is more likely to happen in California, Florida, or even Oregon than Connecticut. It has nothing to do with art or angle of perception. It is purely reality and factual.

[@jasminegagnon-diaz2369]

In terms of per capita income, Connecticut is one of the richest state in the America. On the whole, CT has a very high "average income" compared to the national average...but in part, it's because they have some incredibly wealthy residents that raise that average up. CT has a small population and a disproportionate amount of people who earn high salaries.

[@pjnix5618]

Ok, so you are a skeptic of Vuong’s talent and you’re picking at his perception of what others may think of people living in CT…. I actually have never been to CT., and I can see how people in other states can have an idea of CT. being sort of a posh, New Englandy -type of place where everyone is white & well established… irony is, the point Vuong is making is the exact point you missed.

[@madhatter4129]

...are you white....

[@rationraw5017]

It’s a very good book, too good which it shouldn’t be popular, because his father hurt him too much mentally, the scars weren’t something others could help, imao the writer needs at least 5 years to resettle his mind. I think my father has some similar personality with his father. The popularity is a shock to his childhood trauma. Don’t become a narcissist.