Night Sky With Exit Wounds

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong is a breathtaking debut collection that merges personal history with myth, war, and queer identity. With lyrical intensity and emotional depth, Vuong explores themes of love, loss, migration, and survival, drawing from his experience as a Vietnamese American and the legacy of inherited trauma. Each poem is a vivid, aching meditation on language and memory. Celebrated for its beauty and boldness, Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a landmark work in contemporary poetry.