Night Sky with Exit Wounds

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Night Sky with Exit Wounds is Ocean Vuong’s acclaimed debut poetry collection, known for its lyrical exploration of war, migration, queerness, and family.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Ocean Vuong NERFINISHED
awardReceived Forward Prize for Best First Collection NERFINISHED
T. S. Eliot Prize NERFINISHED
Whiting Award NERFINISHED
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed
debutWorkOf Ocean Vuong NERFINISHED
form free verse
genre lyric poetry
poetry
hasSubject father–son relationships
history and memory
immigrant life in America
intergenerational trauma
masculinity
mother–son relationships
sexuality
influencedBy Vietnamese American experience
queer identity
refugee experience
language English
literaryMovement contemporary American poetry
mainTheme Vietnam War NERFINISHED
diaspora
family
love
memory
migration
queerness
trauma
violence
war
notablePoem Aubade with Burning City NERFINISHED
Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong NERFINISHED
Telemachus NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2016
publisher Copper Canyon Press NERFINISHED
setting United States of America
surface form: United States

Vietnam NERFINISHED
shortlistedFor Kate Tufts Discovery Award NERFINISHED
styleCharacteristic fragmented narrative
imagistic
intertextual references
lyrical language
subjectOf literary criticism

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