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A review by chaostalking
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
3.5
Some of these poems are overly wordy, blunting their impact, but throughout this collection, Ocean Vuong displays an artistic ambition and lyrical precision that makes most of these pieces dazzle. It's kind of hard to wrap your head around the notion that this is a debut collection.
Highlights include "My Father Writes from Prison", "Self-Portrait as Exit Wounds", "Of Thee I Sing", "Because It's Summer", "Seventh Circle of Earth" and "Prayer for the Newly Damned".
Highlights include "My Father Writes from Prison", "Self-Portrait as Exit Wounds", "Of Thee I Sing", "Because It's Summer", "Seventh Circle of Earth" and "Prayer for the Newly Damned".