Ocean Vuong's Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a debut poetry collection exploring identity, family, and belonging through lyrical, sensual verse. Through poems that blend Vietnamese and American experiences, Vuong creates work that grapples with trauma, love, and the search for home. The collection becomes a meditation on how we survive and create beauty in the aftermath of violence and displacement.

WHY WE PICKED IT: Because Vuong's poetry is simultaneously intimate and political, personal and universal. This debut collection reminds us that the most powerful poetry comes from lived experience, and that vulnerability is a form of strength.

DETAILS: • Author: Ocean Vuong • Publisher: Copper Canyon Press • Format: Paperback • Publication Date: April 5, 2016 • ISBN: 9781556594953 • Ships direct from distributor in 3–7 business days