• NightSkywithExitWoundsisa2016collectionof

  poetrybyVietnameseAmericanpoetandessayistOceanVuong.

  ThebookwontheT.S.EliotPrizein

  2017.VuongandhisfamilyimmigratedtotheUnited

  StatesfromVietnamwhenhewastwoyearsold.

  Manyofthepoemsinthecollectiontakethe

  VietnamWarastheirsubject,including"AubadeWithBurning

  City"whichdealswiththeFallofSaigon."Untitled

  (Blue,Green,andBrown)",namedforaMarkRothko

  painting,isaboutthe9/11attacksandVuongsexperience

  thatday.
  Night Sky with Exit Wounds
• Thebookisdividedintofourchapters,andeachchapter

  servesadifferentpurpose.Dealswithadifferentpain.

  Healsadifferentheartache.milkandhoneytakesreaders

  throughajourneyofthemostbittermomentsin

  lifeandfindssweetnessinthembecausethereis

  sweetnesseverywhereifyouarejustwillingtolook.
  Milk and Honey