Ocean Vuong

It is. But I prefer that they don't care. Oh, say more on that. Yeah. Because when I come home, I'm just one more. I'm just one more of the litter, you know. And also, here's another thing. Why should they care? Just because the New Yorker says what I do is valuable.

Just because Time Magazine or NYU or Yale says what I do is valuable, why should all of a sudden that value system be foisted on them? They never had time to read a book. My mother worked from 8 a.m., 8 p.m. If somebody walks in at 7.55, she has to do their nails. She's not leaving until 9.00. When do you read a book? If you can afford a $30 hardback, when do you read it?

Just because Time Magazine or NYU or Yale says what I do is valuable, why should all of a sudden that value system be foisted on them? They never had time to read a book. My mother worked from 8 a.m., 8 p.m. If somebody walks in at 7.55, she has to do their nails. She's not leaving until 9.00. When do you read a book? If you can afford a $30 hardback, when do you read it?

Just because Time Magazine or NYU or Yale says what I do is valuable, why should all of a sudden that value system be foisted on them? They never had time to read a book. My mother worked from 8 a.m., 8 p.m. If somebody walks in at 7.55, she has to do their nails. She's not leaving until 9.00. When do you read a book? If you can afford a $30 hardback, when do you read it?

So time, the idea of engaging in this product is expensive on the soul, on the body. And I'm really proud, actually, that they don't, because some authors, their work comes home with them. And I can't even bring it home because nobody cares. Like, oh, book, cool. Put it, you know, put it aside. You know, fry, dye, lay it aside, you know.

So time, the idea of engaging in this product is expensive on the soul, on the body. And I'm really proud, actually, that they don't, because some authors, their work comes home with them. And I can't even bring it home because nobody cares. Like, oh, book, cool. Put it, you know, put it aside. You know, fry, dye, lay it aside, you know.

So time, the idea of engaging in this product is expensive on the soul, on the body. And I'm really proud, actually, that they don't, because some authors, their work comes home with them. And I can't even bring it home because nobody cares. Like, oh, book, cool. Put it, you know, put it aside. You know, fry, dye, lay it aside, you know.

Extended family. And they're really proud. They, you know, my aunt actually. She has a little album of all of my press cuttings. And she puts it under her desk at the nail salon. She whips it out. She doesn't think anyone will believe her. It's also interesting.

Extended family. And they're really proud. They, you know, my aunt actually. She has a little album of all of my press cuttings. And she puts it under her desk at the nail salon. She whips it out. She doesn't think anyone will believe her. It's also interesting.

Extended family. And they're really proud. They, you know, my aunt actually. She has a little album of all of my press cuttings. And she puts it under her desk at the nail salon. She whips it out. She doesn't think anyone will believe her. It's also interesting.

I'm keeping all your press clippings because people don't think... I don't think they're going to believe me if I say my nephew is Ocean Vuong. I think also like... You know, my aunt was the first one that told me. She says, I was talking about Oprah, and my nephew's an Oprah pick at the salon. And all the people at the salon, they start Googling all the other nail workers.

I'm keeping all your press clippings because people don't think... I don't think they're going to believe me if I say my nephew is Ocean Vuong. I think also like... You know, my aunt was the first one that told me. She says, I was talking about Oprah, and my nephew's an Oprah pick at the salon. And all the people at the salon, they start Googling all the other nail workers.

I'm keeping all your press clippings because people don't think... I don't think they're going to believe me if I say my nephew is Ocean Vuong. I think also like... You know, my aunt was the first one that told me. She says, I was talking about Oprah, and my nephew's an Oprah pick at the salon. And all the people at the salon, they start Googling all the other nail workers.

And then the first thing they said was, he's the first Vietnamese-American Oprah pick. And they probably never read an Oprah pick, you know, but they were proud of that. So there is a kind of symbolic pride, but I don't force what I value onto them because I don't think it's fair.

And then the first thing they said was, he's the first Vietnamese-American Oprah pick. And they probably never read an Oprah pick, you know, but they were proud of that. So there is a kind of symbolic pride, but I don't force what I value onto them because I don't think it's fair.

And then the first thing they said was, he's the first Vietnamese-American Oprah pick. And they probably never read an Oprah pick, you know, but they were proud of that. So there is a kind of symbolic pride, but I don't force what I value onto them because I don't think it's fair.

I don't read in front of my family. You still don't? I still don't. Why? Because there's a sense of, I think, ache when they see it. And I know even when they say, oh, go, go do it. But there's a kind of, when I start to read in front of them, everybody goes silent.

I don't read in front of my family. You still don't? I still don't. Why? Because there's a sense of, I think, ache when they see it. And I know even when they say, oh, go, go do it. But there's a kind of, when I start to read in front of them, everybody goes silent.

I don't read in front of my family. You still don't? I still don't. Why? Because there's a sense of, I think, ache when they see it. And I know even when they say, oh, go, go do it. But there's a kind of, when I start to read in front of them, everybody goes silent.

I'm just reading a magazine in the corner in front of my family. Everything goes silent. Because they're illiterate, they have so much reverence for it. As if I'm performing some kind of liturgy or magic, right? And that saddens me. And it was like, everyone, shh, Ocean's reading. As if I'm doing something like a wizard, right? And also...