{"product_id":"night-sky-with-exit-wounds-9781556595851","title":"Night Sky with Exit Wounds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Critics Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e, Best Books listing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, Best LGBTQ Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e, Top 100 Books of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, Best Books of 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTorso of Air\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuppose you do change your life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; the body is more than\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003ea portion of night--sealed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003ewith bruises. Suppose you woke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; found your shadow replaced\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eby a black wolf. The boy, beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; gone. So you take the knife to the wall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003einstead. You carve \u0026amp; carve\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003euntil a coin of light appears\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; you get to look in, at last, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eon happiness. The eye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003estaring back from the other side--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eWaiting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ocean Vuong","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":52391377862939,"sku":"9781556595851","price":51.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/8392\/2459\/files\/RG9aTjR0SlNzcUxHMUkxVTNqcjFyUT09.jpg?v=1782250597","url":"https:\/\/sapphicsociety.com\/en-ca\/products\/night-sky-with-exit-wounds-9781556595851","provider":"Sapphic Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}