![]() In an interview with Prac Crit, Vuong states that Night Sky is a very American book and that he writes through the spaces of American identity. ![]() Bloodsongs, verses cut and moulded from intergenerational violence, from war, Vietnam and America. Thus no bombs = no family = no me.įrom ‘Notebook Fragments’, as well as lines like:įrom ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’. Ocean Vuong’s melodic insouciance defines the voice of the moment: this is a man who can write lines like:Īn American soldier fucked a Vietnamese farmgirl. My friends who own Night Sky with Exit Wounds caress the cover in awe, clutch it tightly to themselves before sharing the book with others, give it pride of place on their bedside table long after the collection has been read and reread. Night Sky with Exit Wounds b y Ocean Vuong - Alexandra d’Abbadie ![]() The wildness logo, a stylised W that looks like two upside-down mountain peaks. ![]()
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