Ocean Vuong

block according to what measure of production um so for me it's like if if if i can't write which happens i think and that's productive it's a it's not about just creating quantifiable that's why you got the macarthur's genius

block according to what measure of production um so for me it's like if if if i can't write which happens i think and that's productive it's a it's not about just creating quantifiable that's why you got the macarthur's genius

Oh, God, it's like choosing the favorites among your children, although people do. Yes, as I told you, he only loved one son. But I think I would learn a lot from Maureen. because I feel like there's more to her and I feel like I can get more out of her. You know, there's so much life there. There's so much hurt. And yet she's always around for everybody because she has nothing at home.

Oh, God, it's like choosing the favorites among your children, although people do. Yes, as I told you, he only loved one son. But I think I would learn a lot from Maureen. because I feel like there's more to her and I feel like I can get more out of her. You know, there's so much life there. There's so much hurt. And yet she's always around for everybody because she has nothing at home.

Oh, God, it's like choosing the favorites among your children, although people do. Yes, as I told you, he only loved one son. But I think I would learn a lot from Maureen. because I feel like there's more to her and I feel like I can get more out of her. You know, there's so much life there. There's so much hurt. And yet she's always around for everybody because she has nothing at home.

You know, she lives in a A kitchen to, you know, she's running out of money to heat her house. So she lives in a sleeping bag. Her sons died. And so she's very cranky. But that's just the facade to make it through the world as a woman.

You know, she lives in a A kitchen to, you know, she's running out of money to heat her house. So she lives in a sleeping bag. Her sons died. And so she's very cranky. But that's just the facade to make it through the world as a woman.

You know, she lives in a A kitchen to, you know, she's running out of money to heat her house. So she lives in a sleeping bag. Her sons died. And so she's very cranky. But that's just the facade to make it through the world as a woman.

I wanted to do the hero's journey without the payoff. So then it's just the love. That pushed them forward, not the diamond. You don't get the ring. There's there's no like final gift. This is what's so beautiful about the book, don't you think?

I wanted to do the hero's journey without the payoff. So then it's just the love. That pushed them forward, not the diamond. You don't get the ring. There's there's no like final gift. This is what's so beautiful about the book, don't you think?

I wanted to do the hero's journey without the payoff. So then it's just the love. That pushed them forward, not the diamond. You don't get the ring. There's there's no like final gift. This is what's so beautiful about the book, don't you think?

I worked on a tobacco farm illegally as a child. I got paid under the table. I was 15. It was for 9.50, which was back in 2002, was a whole load of money. The minimum wage was 7.15. So you get 9.50 picking tobacco. It meant the world. But some of the workers there They were all older. They also, they said, hey, there's a, you want to come to this, you know, slaughterhouse, you make $20 an hour.

I worked on a tobacco farm illegally as a child. I got paid under the table. I was 15. It was for 9.50, which was back in 2002, was a whole load of money. The minimum wage was 7.15. So you get 9.50 picking tobacco. It meant the world. But some of the workers there They were all older. They also, they said, hey, there's a, you want to come to this, you know, slaughterhouse, you make $20 an hour.

I worked on a tobacco farm illegally as a child. I got paid under the table. I was 15. It was for 9.50, which was back in 2002, was a whole load of money. The minimum wage was 7.15. So you get 9.50 picking tobacco. It meant the world. But some of the workers there They were all older. They also, they said, hey, there's a, you want to come to this, you know, slaughterhouse, you make $20 an hour.

$9.50.

$9.50.

$9.50.

Okay. So it was $20 at this slaughterhouse in Connecticut. And I thought, you know, I didn't really, I thought in my head, in my 15-year-old head, it was like just packaging meat, you know? Like I thought, oh, yeah, just put it in a little tray and then it goes off to the supermarket. Yeah. And I followed these guys in the pickup truck one day. They drove us there. And it was my trial.

Okay. So it was $20 at this slaughterhouse in Connecticut. And I thought, you know, I didn't really, I thought in my head, in my 15-year-old head, it was like just packaging meat, you know? Like I thought, oh, yeah, just put it in a little tray and then it goes off to the supermarket. Yeah. And I followed these guys in the pickup truck one day. They drove us there. And it was my trial.

Okay. So it was $20 at this slaughterhouse in Connecticut. And I thought, you know, I didn't really, I thought in my head, in my 15-year-old head, it was like just packaging meat, you know? Like I thought, oh, yeah, just put it in a little tray and then it goes off to the supermarket. Yeah. And I followed these guys in the pickup truck one day. They drove us there. And it was my trial.