Brian Turner, Author . Alice James $13.95 (71p) ISBN 978-1-882295-55-5
The verse in this book is not good, but it is, in a cultural moment that includes Cindy Sheehan, timely. Turner served seven years in the U.S. Army, including deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina with the 10th Mountain Division, and a year spent as an...
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Brian Turner, Author . Alice James $15.95 (93p) ISBN 978-1-882295-80-7
Turner’s debut, Here, Bullet
(2006) was likely the most discussed debut of the decade: its sharp, accessible verse reflected Turner’s U.S. Army service in wartime Iraq. It’s a hard act to follow, but Turner manages well,...
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Brian Turner. Alice James, $17.95 trade paper (100p) ISBN 978-1-949944-53-2
The evocative latest from Turner (Phantom Noise) contemplates love and personal loss in elegiac poems dedicated to his late wife, poet Ilyse Kusnetz (1966–2016). Loss lingers at the edges of lyrics that consider the natural world and the ongoing...
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