'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous' by Ocean Vuong is an amazing read... so far... I am only just over 3/4 through. The language is just beautiful - poetry as prose. Just so stunningly beautiful. Anyone interested in how language can be used should read this... harrowing sometimes but never less than brilliantly written.
Here's something that caught my eye:
"I read that beauty has historically demanded replication. We make more of anything we find aesthetically pleasing, whether it's a vase, a painting, a chalice, a poem. We reproduce it in order to keep it, extend it through space and time."
Something to think on.
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