On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Hi, this is a reading of an excerpt from On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, read by Shamis. This is an excerpt from “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous“ by Ocean Vuong “In Vietnamese, the word for missing someone and remembering them is the same: nhớ. Sometimes, when you ask me over the phone, Con nhớ mẹ không? I flinch, thinking you meant, Do you remember me? I miss you more than I remember you.”