Here, Bullet by Brian Turner

Here, Bullet by Brian Turner is a collection of poetry written while Brian Turner was deployed in Iraq.  It explores the complexities of war, not only on the macro scale of countries and cultures, but on the deeply intimate and personal struggle of the soldier.  This collection takes on stories of other soldiers, Iraqi citizens, zoo animals and explore voices of Arabic history. Perhaps most compellingly Turner uses the juxtaposition of the horrors of war against the beauty of everyday life to give new insight and power. He includes Arabic words and phrases and there are translations and other contextual information in the back.

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