Ocean Vuong

But as you get older, we start to be more fearful of that because we think that if I believe in goodness too much, then I've fallen for something. I've been duped. I've been stymied into believing goodness. And sometimes it's really hard. There are days where I can't do it. But that's my North Star.

But as you get older, we start to be more fearful of that because we think that if I believe in goodness too much, then I've fallen for something. I've been duped. I've been stymied into believing goodness. And sometimes it's really hard. There are days where I can't do it. But that's my North Star.

But as you get older, we start to be more fearful of that because we think that if I believe in goodness too much, then I've fallen for something. I've been duped. I've been stymied into believing goodness. And sometimes it's really hard. There are days where I can't do it. But that's my North Star.

And that's why I started the book with that North Star is that the hardest thing is to live only once. So make it count and make it count for others as well.

And that's why I started the book with that North Star is that the hardest thing is to live only once. So make it count and make it count for others as well.

And that's why I started the book with that North Star is that the hardest thing is to live only once. So make it count and make it count for others as well.

It started with the town. I write by hand. So I wrote this the day after the election in 2020. When the results were coming in, it was kind of chaotic. No one knew what was the results were. And I said, all right, I'm going to rent a room. I live in Western Massachusetts. I'm going to rent a little cabin and just go away. And when I come back, hopefully we'll know what's happening.

It started with the town. I write by hand. So I wrote this the day after the election in 2020. When the results were coming in, it was kind of chaotic. No one knew what was the results were. And I said, all right, I'm going to rent a room. I live in Western Massachusetts. I'm going to rent a little cabin and just go away. And when I come back, hopefully we'll know what's happening.

It started with the town. I write by hand. So I wrote this the day after the election in 2020. When the results were coming in, it was kind of chaotic. No one knew what was the results were. And I said, all right, I'm going to rent a room. I live in Western Massachusetts. I'm going to rent a little cabin and just go away. And when I come back, hopefully we'll know what's happening.

But it got more and more convoluted, as you remember, from that election.

But it got more and more convoluted, as you remember, from that election.

But it got more and more convoluted, as you remember, from that election.

And no one knew where the country was going to be headed, who was going to head it. And I turned off all the radios and TV. I went to this cabin. I start writing by hand. And I spent nine pages writing about the towns in the Connecticut River Valley that sustained me, that I grew up in, because I wanted to really think, like, what is my America? What is America?

And no one knew where the country was going to be headed, who was going to head it. And I turned off all the radios and TV. I went to this cabin. I start writing by hand. And I spent nine pages writing about the towns in the Connecticut River Valley that sustained me, that I grew up in, because I wanted to really think, like, what is my America? What is America?

And no one knew where the country was going to be headed, who was going to head it. And I turned off all the radios and TV. I went to this cabin. I start writing by hand. And I spent nine pages writing about the towns in the Connecticut River Valley that sustained me, that I grew up in, because I wanted to really think, like, what is my America? What is America?

And I want to really sink in to the town as a character, as description. I wanted to really love it in all of its difficulty to just present it and not go on with a plot. So it started with space. It started with land and the history of land because land is tied to history. And at the end of the day, I think I write historical fiction, not in the sense of of, you know, a period piece.

And I want to really sink in to the town as a character, as description. I wanted to really love it in all of its difficulty to just present it and not go on with a plot. So it started with space. It started with land and the history of land because land is tied to history. And at the end of the day, I think I write historical fiction, not in the sense of of, you know, a period piece.

And I want to really sink in to the town as a character, as description. I wanted to really love it in all of its difficulty to just present it and not go on with a plot. So it started with space. It started with land and the history of land because land is tied to history. And at the end of the day, I think I write historical fiction, not in the sense of of, you know, a period piece.

But I write fiction that has history involved in it. And land is a part of history.

But I write fiction that has history involved in it. And land is a part of history.