Homewrecker By Ocean Vuong (Grades 10+)

Ocean Vuong is an award-winning Vietnamese-American poet, novelist, and essayist from Northhampton, Massacheusetts. Homewrecker is the fourteenth poem in Vuong's 2016 book Night Sky with Exit Wounds, which has won numerous accolades including the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Whiting Award, the Thom Gunn Award, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Homewrecker explores themes of the body and love through Vuong's recounting of a forbidden affair between two lovers that could have destructive consequences for both parties.