author of Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen and I Am Jazz

Mingshin knows better than anyone not to give her heart to a prince

and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives

until you can’t help but sing out from your soul

Even scientists studied birds in labs instead of outside in their natural habitat

Time Is a Mother Ibi Zoboi author of Being Jazz: My"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often. The Washington Post The New York Times bestselling collection of poems from the award winning writer Ocean Vuong How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it points to the good part 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