Tag: loneliness

  • Under this big blue sky

    The sky is a heartbreaking blue today. It verges on cruel. An airplane, bigger than a speck, silent, floats in a sharp, straight line and disappears behind the umbrella overhead. A whole plane full of people with their own peeves and frustrations, their own private jokes and their own schemes. Going somewhere.  In 999 of…

  • The Emperor of Gladness

    by Ocean Vuong | As one of the legions who fell hard for On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, I can’t believe I’m giving Vuong’s sophomore novel just three stars. I will have to let it sit and write more later. My expectations were so high, so the disappointing elements really knocked me for a loop. I…