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Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'

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The Power of Time

Ocean Vwang's new book of poems, Time is a Mother is out tomorrow. "Time is much more motherly because it gives birth to the present," she says. When you sit down to produce and create art, are you fixated on the yesterday? It's the name of the job, you know? I think it's the job description"

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