There are times when the world seems slightly out of reach. Not absent, just a little harder to feel connected to.
It's common to interpret that as something missing, or to move past it quickly. The world doesn't disappear in those moments. You remain part of it, even if the contact feels different than expected.
Often the body responds before you notice as tension, shortened breath, an effort to return to something more familiar.

This week's reflection @ https://emotus.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-bottleneck #OceanVuong

Clubes de lectura - Marzo 2026 - El emperador de Alegría / L'emperador d'Alegria, de Ocean Vuong

La Repunantinha, viernes, 13 de marzo, 19:00 CET

En La Repunantinha llevamos a cabo diferentes clubes de lectura cada mes, con líneas temáticas diversas. Siempre con grupos reducidos (máximo 10 personas), incluyen pica pica y bebida para pasar un rato comentando las historias y siendo bastante mamarraches <3

En marzo...

¿Qué libros habrá?

DILEMA DEL ERIZO:
Viernes, 13/03/2026 - El emperador de Alegría, Ocean Vuong, ed. Anagrama

https://enredad.es/event/clubes-de-lectura-marzo-2026

📚Ya podéis leer mi reseña de El emperador de Alegría (Anagrama, 2025) de Ocean Vuong en La Jungla de las Letras: https://lajungladelasletras.com/el-emperador-de-alegria/

Feliz día. 😉🖖🏼

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"The hardest thing in the world is to live only once."

-- #FirstSentences of Ocean Vuong, *The Emperor of Gladness*

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Started this on a whim last night. Have to read it pretty quickly to get it back to the library in time, so might not have a ton of #ReadingNotes ... but I'll use this as a spot for sharing thoughts.

Despite starting it on a whim, already 100 pages in --- so not too shabby so far!

#OceanVuong #NowReading

Was planning to start Aaron John Curtis's *Old School Indian* this afternoon, but my wife brought home a copy of Ocean Vuong's *Emperor of Gladness* from the library and she hasn't started it yet.

Two very different books but am suddenly a bit torn. And by the rules of international engagement, I do believe that, since she hasn't started the Vuong yet, I can legally start it and then it's mine to finish.

Do I want a "poetic, dramatic, and vivid story," one that is "tender and moving," showing the "profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life" (Vuong, from the book jacket)?

Or do I want "humor, sincerity, and heartbreak," a book that is "brave, funny, and irreverent" (Curtis)?

Hmmm....

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Reading Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. Having been a huge Joan Didion fan for years, I was startled to find her quoted in his opening pages:

“I want to tell you the truth, and already I have told you about the wide rivers.” #OceanVuong #JoanDidion