even the way Ocean speaks is like poetry. every word is a surprise, gentle though pointed.

he is so in command of the language, it is truly a destiny for him to be a writer. Such a huge talent. What an interesting young man

I could listen to Ocean all day

Damn...i wish i can speak eloquently like Ocean Vuong. Hopefully by listening and watching his interviews, I can absorb something.

Not every writer can talk about their works interestingly, Ocean Vuong certainly can and does! I liked the poems ( Night Sky with Exit Wounds) and I am intent on reading his novel. The interviewer gives the author full scope to express himself, thanks.

i love how Ocean's language is about translation AND meaning. a lot of writers in the current age gets trapped in either of them. he choses to walk in both realms at the same time and does it saw gracefully. a true poet.

He is a pleasure to listen to. I can only hope that I can be as lirical and thoughtful with my words some day as he is.

Ocean is on the rise!! One of our boldest contemporary voices

finally youtube is recommending videos i want. got this book 2 days ago and i'm almost halfway, it's so hard to put down!

He’s beautiful, brilliant, gentle, embodied wisdom. I have just been introduced to this wonderful poet/ writer. 🙏🏼

He is so beautifully articulated. It’s a real pleasure to just hear him talking. I could listen for hours. The book was a marvel.

Ocean Vuong's poems and their poetry changed my attitudes. To be a maker of worlds takes many years,. Respect to Ocean Vuoung, May your book open the doors of America!

I’m in awe of Ocean’s command of language. Inspiring on so many levels! Thanks so much!!

Aaaaa. When he talks about specificity actually creating something that's more universal, that put words to a feeling I've had for a long time but been unable to express about just _why_ I love art that has those sorts of key small details. Ocean's brain and knack for language just blow me away every time!

He is so eloquent. Really want to read his book!

He sounds like Meryl Streep from Devil Wears Prada! Such soft-spoken wonderful person

Oh my, such beautiful command of the English language! Such depth and scope. To hear him speak is enthralling ….as deep as the Ocean itself, what a fitting aptronym 🌺💕🌺

Just ordered his book. Can't wait to read it. Great interview!

Deep discipline of speech.

Really nice interview! He is so well-spoken!

His voice sounds so gentle

I could listen to him speaking for hours.

god i have a crush on this man

Does anybody else see it? This kid - yes, he's younger than me, not by much, but still a KID - is a GENIUS.

his mind is a gift to the world

Wow, just wow... ❤️

I love his voice. Please tell me there's an audiobook out there where he reads his own novel 🤞🤞🤞

It's like his voice is weightless.

in another interview Ocean speaks of the stereotypical ideas of Asian prodigies, either in Math or Music, but isn't there also the genius who profoundly understands human behavior, emotions, desires and actions, of which Ocean belongs?

great book

For the love of all things truly beautiful and transformative, read another book!!!

fascinating, very powerful. On the other hand, I think the point about 9/11, safety, and drugs is extremely foggy and lacks a bit of the material architecture to actually deal with the conjunctural question (ie not deal w language only). There's a sense where we actually do know, for sure, that language alone is not enough to approach those relations. Realizing that language is not enough can be extremely liberating.

fail into pleasure. wow. living poetry

This is pure talent

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That thumbs down is bothersome

Its always a great pleasure to listen and watch you during interviews.The word "essay" does not have its origin in French, but in Latin. essay (n.) 1590s, "trial, attempt, endeavor," also "short, discursive literary composition" (first attested in writings of Francis Bacon, probably in imitation of Montaigne), from Middle French essai "trial, attempt, essay" (in Old French from 12c.), from Late Latin exagium "a weighing, a weight," from Latin exigere "drive out; require, exact; examine, try, test," from ex "out" (see ex-) + agere "to set in motion, drive" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move") apparently meaning here "to weigh." The suggestion is of unpolished writing. Compare assay, also examine. essay (v.) "to put to proof, test the mettle of," late 15c., from Middle French essaier, from essai "trial, attempt" (see essay (n.)). This sense has mostly gone with the divergent spelling assay. Meaning "to attempt" is from 1640s. Related: Essayed; essaying.

WORDS There are more words than atoms in this world. Their sub-atomic particles spin around their existential nucleus, in the void. Sometimes they combine generating unintelligible emotional quarks. If meaning and anti matter meet they might annihilate each other in a momentary burst of Pure Energy. sergiodib HelloPoetry

He is the MASTER of English language.

Hes spoken like a great old retired harvard professor. I dont even understand half of what his talking.

i’m screaming! the way he speaks would be immediately mocked and panned in any of my undergraduate literature classes.

Vuong may as well leave no flatness of my flesh on the bones with the teeth clattering some sound like "Fear becomes a national identity".

to hear his unctuous voice describe sex is going to make me regurgitate my queer breakfast. there is nothing especially precious about gay sex - everyone on the planet grows into their desires.

he sounds like michael jackson

take a drink every time this fool says “precarious”.

The two faucet seemingly cause because fireplace hemperly delay above a nervous alphabet. perpetual, roasted attack

i feel fear & pity for those in the comments who have fallen for the nonsense rizz this so-called author pawns off as profundity. writing a letter to someone who cannot read it is “comically absurd”? no, it’s cruel and perverse.

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