The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club
May 31 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
May book selection:
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
Publisher’s summary:
In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with the meaning of family and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid, brave, and propulsive, these poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break.
More about The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club:
Talking about poetry is a lot like talking about wine. They both demand only one thing: that you trust your senses. They’re subjective, personal, and despite what the experts say, there’s no way to be wrong. We’re not here to solve these poems, were here to enjoy and admire the expansiveness they create. You like what you like, there doesn’t have to be a ornate reason.
Our goal isn’t to interrogate the text, but to read, discuss, and enjoy contemporary poetry in a living room setting.
So, whether you’re a lifelong reader or haven’t touched a poem since your “Beat Generation” phase in college, it you read the book cover to cover, twice, or just a couple lines, it you think you understand every poem, or don’t “get” any of it, well, that’s a great place to start the conversation and there’s a seat at The Bottle Shop Poetry Book Club for you.
“If you can enjoy a song without knowing music theory, you can enjoy this book club.” – Someone, eventually, probably.
