Thought for the Day

 

[. . .] to match the great things bestowed on you, you must

remind yourself that the blank page will always outnumber

the ones written. 

[. . .]

 

[. . .] Words weigh nothing, and yet they make

everything occur.

 

[. . .]

 

[. . .] To write is to fight against the erosion

and transformation of meaning always,

for better and for worse.

 

~ Ocean Vuong

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Quoted from Ocean Vuong, Keynote Speech, 2025 Whiting Awards Ceremony Note: Ocean Vuong's speech can be found at LitHub, June 4, 2025. Some Keynotes are published on the Whiting Foundation site.

 

Ocean Vuong, Vietnamese-American Poet, Novelist, Essayist; Professor; Photographer

 

Ocean Vuong Whiting Award (2016)

 

Whiting Foundation Whiting Awards