Literary

On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous

Summary On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is Ocean Vuong’s debut novel. It is a beautiful novel about confronting past trauma and difficult memories. “Memory is a choice,” Rose once told Little Dog, but he can’t help but remember. The speaker, Little Dog, decided to write a letter to his mother, Rose, after rereading Mourning Diary, … Read more

Convenience Store Woman

“When you work in a convenience store, people often look down on you for working there. I find this fascinating, and I like to look them in the face when they do this to me. And as I do so I always think: that’s what a human is.”  Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman