num_pages: 80
description: A first-person account of the Iraq War by a solider-poet, winner of the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award. Adding his voice to the current debate about the US occupation of Iraq, in poems written in the tradition of such poets as Wilfred Owen, Yusef Komunyakaa ( Dien Cai Dau ), Bruce Weigl ( Song of Napalm ) and Alice James’ own Doug Anderson ( The Moon Reflected Fire ), Iraqi war veteran Brian Turner writes power-fully affecting poetry of witness, exceptional for its beauty, honesty, and skill. Based on Turner’s yearlong tour in Iraq as an infantry team leader, the poems offer gracefully rendered, unflinching description but, remarkably, leave the reader to draw conclusions or moral lessons. Here, Bullet is a must-read for anyone who cares about the war, regardless of political affiliation.
language: English
title: Here, Bullet
titlecomplete: Here, Bullet
genres: Literature, Military Fiction, American, History, Memoir, 21st Century, War, Poetry, The United States Of America, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1539
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Poets' Prize
publisher: Alice James Books