Brian Turner (1) (1967–)
Auteur de Here, Bullet
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Brian Turner, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Brian Turner was born in Visalia, California on February 12, 1967. He received an MFA from the University of Oregon before serving for seven years in the U.S. Army. He was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000, then in November 2003, he was an infantry team leader for a year in Iraq. His afficher plus first book, Here, Bullet, chronicles his time in Iraq. His other books include Phantom Noise and My Life as a Foreign Country. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: www.brianturner.org
Œuvres de Brian Turner
The Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders (2013) — Directeur de publication — 15 exemplaires
A Soldier's Arabic 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Contributeur — 86 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 49 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Cover Stories (2017) — Contributeur — 56 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1967-02-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Visalia, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Fresno, California, USA
South Korea - Études
- University of Oregon (MFA ∙ poetry)
Fresno State University - Professions
- writer
poet
soldier (US Army) - Organisations
- US Army
- Prix et distinctions
- Beatrice Hawley Award (2005)
Maine Literary Award in Poetry (2006)
Northern California Book Award in Poetry (2006)
Sheila Margaret Motten Award, New England Poetry Club (2006)
PEN Center USA "Best in the West" Literary Award in Poetry (2006)
Lannan Literary Fellowship (2006) (tout afficher 8)
Poet's Prize (2007)
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (Poetry, 2007)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 436
- Popularité
- #56,114
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 78
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 1
Much of this brought back memories.
From Ashbah, 'The ghosts of American soldiers
wander the streets of Balad by night
. . .
the desert wind blowing trash
down the narrow alleys as a voice
sounds from the minaret'
Whether Turner is speaking of the dead exhaustion of multiple missions or that the ghosts of the departed still linger, both realities are true and Turner allows the both a presence without interpreting for the reader.
In R&R he paints a convincing picture of the Soldier as much more than the robotic symbol of foreign policy, one who has the life of a lover, of family, of mission all fighting for space in the same mind.
'I have a lover with hair that falls
like autumn leaves on my skin.
Water that rolls in smooth and cool
as anesthesia. Birds that carry
all my bullets into the barrel of the sun.'
If there is a complaint, and it's not much of one, each poem is buried in the psyche of one Soldier. The poems are deeply confessional. There's another side of the words from loved ones, the commo between Soldiers that is hinted at but it makes me feel that something personal to the poet is held at arm's length. Again, it's minor because most writers cannot get the feeling of one set of emotions as deeply as this one does in '2000 pounds' showing how a bomb blast alters everyone.
One of the best poems at showing these lingering effects comes toward the end in 'Night in Blue.'
'I have only the shadows under the leaves
to take with me, the quiet of the desert,
the low fog of Balad, orange groves
. . . .
I have a woman crying in my car
late at night when the stars go dim,
moonlight and sand as a resonance
of the dust of bones, and nothing more.'
Worth every penny and the time it takes to read it over and over.… (plus d'informations)