Ocean Vuong

I think at the heart of every writer, you have to really love the world, even when it's difficult to love. And I think description... is autobiographical in that when you describe something, you're giving it a point of view. How you describe something, how you see something says a lot about yourself. And I think I saw all these people in my life and I never heard anyone write about them.

I think at the heart of every writer, you have to really love the world, even when it's difficult to love. And I think description... is autobiographical in that when you describe something, you're giving it a point of view. How you describe something, how you see something says a lot about yourself. And I think I saw all these people in my life and I never heard anyone write about them.

I think at the heart of every writer, you have to really love the world, even when it's difficult to love. And I think description... is autobiographical in that when you describe something, you're giving it a point of view. How you describe something, how you see something says a lot about yourself. And I think I saw all these people in my life and I never heard anyone write about them.

And I said, if the sentence can pin life to the page, I want to pin these people who never got to get out. You know, we fetishize these heroes' journey about getting out of this town, And it's a very cathartic one. We love these stories. We want to feel that everyone can get out. But the majority of people can't. And won't. And won't. And sometimes by choice.

And I said, if the sentence can pin life to the page, I want to pin these people who never got to get out. You know, we fetishize these heroes' journey about getting out of this town, And it's a very cathartic one. We love these stories. We want to feel that everyone can get out. But the majority of people can't. And won't. And won't. And sometimes by choice.

And I said, if the sentence can pin life to the page, I want to pin these people who never got to get out. You know, we fetishize these heroes' journey about getting out of this town, And it's a very cathartic one. We love these stories. We want to feel that everyone can get out. But the majority of people can't. And won't. And won't. And sometimes by choice.

Sometimes they have to stay and take care of elders who are ill. They have jobs they can't leave. And I just didn't see the literary world right about people who had to stay. Because that's actually much more interesting to me. It's easy to go to the big city... And have a different life. It's much harder but more interesting to ask yourself, how do I make do without escape?

Sometimes they have to stay and take care of elders who are ill. They have jobs they can't leave. And I just didn't see the literary world right about people who had to stay. Because that's actually much more interesting to me. It's easy to go to the big city... And have a different life. It's much harder but more interesting to ask yourself, how do I make do without escape?

Sometimes they have to stay and take care of elders who are ill. They have jobs they can't leave. And I just didn't see the literary world right about people who had to stay. Because that's actually much more interesting to me. It's easy to go to the big city... And have a different life. It's much harder but more interesting to ask yourself, how do I make do without escape?

That becomes an existential question. How do I make do in this body if I can't leave it? The book starts with a young man deciding to jump off a bridge. Yeah. And he's stopped by an elderly widow doing laundry. And it's a personal experience. Crux for me, because when I was a teenager, one of my best friends took his own life with a gun. He was 16. My uncle at 28 took his own life.

That becomes an existential question. How do I make do in this body if I can't leave it? The book starts with a young man deciding to jump off a bridge. Yeah. And he's stopped by an elderly widow doing laundry. And it's a personal experience. Crux for me, because when I was a teenager, one of my best friends took his own life with a gun. He was 16. My uncle at 28 took his own life.

That becomes an existential question. How do I make do in this body if I can't leave it? The book starts with a young man deciding to jump off a bridge. Yeah. And he's stopped by an elderly widow doing laundry. And it's a personal experience. Crux for me, because when I was a teenager, one of my best friends took his own life with a gun. He was 16. My uncle at 28 took his own life.

And usually when we talk about suicide, it's usually like, oh, they struggled, but then they didn't do it. And that's triumphant. Great. Well, actually, what I'm more interested in is like, how do you live And go on in the aftermath of that decision. If you decide to end your life and then ultimately decide not to, what's day two look like? What's day three look like?

And usually when we talk about suicide, it's usually like, oh, they struggled, but then they didn't do it. And that's triumphant. Great. Well, actually, what I'm more interested in is like, how do you live And go on in the aftermath of that decision. If you decide to end your life and then ultimately decide not to, what's day two look like? What's day three look like?

And usually when we talk about suicide, it's usually like, oh, they struggled, but then they didn't do it. And that's triumphant. Great. Well, actually, what I'm more interested in is like, how do you live And go on in the aftermath of that decision. If you decide to end your life and then ultimately decide not to, what's day two look like? What's day three look like?

What's the aftermath of living and deciding to live and have the will to live without the hope of living? And I wanted to know that of my uncle because I didn't get that from him. So I think I write in order to understand that, you know, what if he got to have an aftermath where he's still alive? What would that life look like?

What's the aftermath of living and deciding to live and have the will to live without the hope of living? And I wanted to know that of my uncle because I didn't get that from him. So I think I write in order to understand that, you know, what if he got to have an aftermath where he's still alive? What would that life look like?

What's the aftermath of living and deciding to live and have the will to live without the hope of living? And I wanted to know that of my uncle because I didn't get that from him. So I think I write in order to understand that, you know, what if he got to have an aftermath where he's still alive? What would that life look like?

That seemed like a much more interesting place to write a book from rather than to say, oh, well, they didn't do it. End of story. Everyone clap.

That seemed like a much more interesting place to write a book from rather than to say, oh, well, they didn't do it. End of story. Everyone clap.