truly cannot see myself ever giving ocean vuong's work less than five stars. his style is just too good and i can't read anything he writes without it emotionally hitting me so hard i feel like i need to lay down for 3-5 business days. anyway, i can't pick a favourite here because it would be insanely difficult. i'll just say i think about the line 'i'm sorry for being useful only in language' like 20 times a day !