Common Read with Ocean Vuong
by ma-web
Today, we had a poetry reading along with a question and answer session with this year's CT State Manchester’s Common Read author and former MCC student Ocean Vuong. Ocean read from his text, Time is a Mother (2022), to a large gathering of faculty, staff, students, and community members. CEO Nicole Esposito and Dean of Faculty June Dunn presented Ocean with an Honorary Degree from CT State Community College.
Reading these poems as a community is an invitation into discussions of shared and divergent identities and experiences. Through these conversations, we will build opportunities for acceptance, inclusivity, and belonging on our campus and beyond.
Student copies of Time is a Mother will be available at all Common Read events and by request to the Common Read Coordinator, Dr Gina Ocasion, 860-512-2685, gina.ocasion @ctstate.edu. Please see the Common Read Lib Guide on the Library website at library.ctstate.edu/timeisamother/1
