The author of the poetry collections Time Is a Mother and Night Sky with Exit Wounds, OCEAN VUONG writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the current moment, making poems that show how the themes we perennially live in and question are truly inexhaustible. Bold and prescient, and a testament to tenderness in the face of violence, his poetry is a return and a forging forth all at once. He will read and discuss his work with fellow poet RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS.