Ocean - Vuong Poems

It is a sentiment that acts as a skeleton key for Vuong’s entire body of work. To read Ocean Vuong is not just to read words on a page; it is to witness a deliberate, terrifying, and beautiful unspooling of the self.

In his poem Self-Portrait as a Snake , he explores the queerness of shedding skin and transformation. He asks: What does it mean to live in a body that society deems dangerous? ocean vuong poems

ocean vuong poems

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