Writing Analysis
Ocean Vuong is the James Blake of the Literary World
Both have honed their craft to collapse the false dichotomy between technical and artistic mastery.
Their voices are gossamer-strong and delicate. Refined and iridescent. The precision with which Vuong spins a metaphorical thread is reflected in the tensile strength of Blake’s crooning voice.
Yearning pierces through their soft boi aesthetics, a pervasive sense of quiet acceptance we walk through this life feeling incomplete.
Products of the Vietnam War and a genteel London upbringing, Vuong and Blake, respectively, are used to crossing borders. No wonder they’ve gone global with their genre-defying art.
