{"product_id":"night-sky-with-exit-wounds-ocean-vuong-paperback","title":"Night Sky with Exit Wounds -- Ocean Vuong, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016 \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Critics Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e, Best Books listing\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, Best LGBTQ Books\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e, Top 100 Books of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, Best Books of 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is a powerful emotional undertow to these poems that springs from Mr. Vuong's sincerity and candor, and from his ability to capture specific moments in time with both photographic clarity and a sense of the evanescence of all earthly things.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"From the outside, Vuong has fashioned a poetry of inclusion.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ecstatic, bawdy, haunted, and brilliant with the pressures of its arrival.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOcean Vuong's\u003c\/strong\u003e first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial \"big\"--and very human--subjects of romance, family, memory, grief, war, and melancholia. None of these he allows to overwhelm his spirit or his poems, which demonstrate, through breath and cadence and unrepentant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTorso of Air\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuppose you do change your life.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; the body is more than\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ea portion of night--sealed\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ewith bruises. Suppose you woke\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; found your shadow replaced\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eby a black wolf. The boy, beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; gone. So you take the knife to the wall\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003einstead. You carve \u0026amp; carve\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003euntil a coin of light appears\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; you get to look in, at last, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eon happiness. The eye\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003estaring back from the other side--\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWaiting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ocean Vuong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/5\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.3\" H x 5.3\" L x 0.5\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781556594953\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50771167346992,"sku":"9781556594953","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781556594953_d7d74aba-f9be-45eb-a804-77a17684a246.jpg?v=1784241135","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/night-sky-with-exit-wounds-ocean-vuong-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}