
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Title: Night Sky with Exit Wounds Author: Vuong, Ocean ISBN: 9781556594953 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press Published: 2016 Binding: Book Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Poetry 1414953 Publisher Description: One of the most celebrated poetry books of the year: The New Yorker, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016New York Times, Critics PickBoston Globe, Best Books listingNPR, Best Books listingMiami Herald, Best LGBTQ BooksSan Francisco Chronicle, Top 100 Books of the YearLibrary Journal, Best Books of 2016Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times writes: "The poems in Mr. Vuong's new collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds...possess a tensile precision reminiscent of Emily Dickinson's work, combined with a Gerard Manley Hopkins-like appreciation for the sound and rhythms of words. Mr. Vuong can create startling images (a black piano in a field, a wedding-cake couple preserved under glass, a shepherd stepping out of a C