![]() ![]() And here we are, a group of seven Vietnamese people speaking only Vietnamese every day - eating Vietnamese food with a little KFC sprinkled in. It was in a way a small village of Vietnamese women who raised me, so Vietnam was preserved in this American city - the city of Mark Twain, Wallace Stevens, Harriet Beecher Stowe. I was raised in a one-bedroom apartment in Hartford. On preserving his Vietnamese culture in the U.S. ![]() As you can see, her mind was already a mind geared and keen towards the imagination. I always say that I come from a line of poets even though my family cannot read or write. When she learned what that word was, and what it meant - which is a body of water that touches both America and Vietnam, she decided to rename me Ocean. One summer day she said, "It's so hot, I wish I was at the beach," except she pronounced it in a word that resembled a derogatory term.Īnd so the customer suggested, "why not ocean?" She was working in a nail salon, and like many Vietnamese immigrants she learned English just talking to customers. Just after the lights go out, when you can still see This empathetic view is why we, as readers, need Ocean Vuong’s perspective and. Like how the spineĪre you listening? The most beautiful part The darkness in Night Sky with Exit Wounds is designed to take the reader on a journey of pain, where they will gain greater understanding for those who have struggled with their fathers, LGBTQ+ identity or a cultural heritage associated with violence. ![]()
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