The word “gorgeous” that occurs in the title, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, is a word that’s also often used to describe your writing and your voice, your literary voice.Īnd also, Ocean, I want to say I’m aware that when people write about you and introduce you and describe you, they often speak about how your work is shaped by themes of violence and survival, in the context of the immigrant experience, in the context of life and displacement in the aftermath of war, in the context of growing up Asian American and queer in this society. … who I want to describe as a writer and wise person who, at a young age, has made a singular contribution to American letters, as a writer of poetry and essays and this novel that you may have heard of. And what an honor and a delight to be up here with Ocean Vuong … I love this room, and I love the energy in it that you all are bringing. Tippett: It’s such an honor to be invited to be part of the On Air Fest and to do a show here. I’m Krista Tippett, and this is On Being. What’s most stunning is how exquisitely this conversation speaks to the world we have since come to inhabit - its heartbreak, its poetry, and its possibilities of both destroying and saving. So, for me, this conversation has become a last memory before the world shifted on its axis. But none of us guessed that within a handful of days, such an event would become unimaginable. ![]() A state of emergency had just been declared in New York around a new virus. Krista Tippett, host: I interviewed the wise and wonderful writer Ocean Vuong on March 8, 2020, in a joyful, crowded room full of podcasters in Brooklyn.
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