Battle runes
Subtitle: writings on war
By: edited by Gregory F. Tague
Publisher: Editions Bibliotekos
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780982481943
Subjects: War stories; War poetry
Description: "'Battle Runes' opens in a child's voice and ends with a child's concern; the book begins in horror and terror and ends with care and hope; the collection starts in darkness and ends in color. The stories and poems - while focused on war - include private and public spaces, often addressing family relationships, such as those between husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, or parents and children. While there is blood in these pages, the emphasis is on the complex psychological dimensions of war. The individual stories cohere around problems of humanity during war, questions about what is humane and what is inhumane. Wars touched on in this book (from various perspectives) include: the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the African Wars (South Sudan, C.A.R., Congo, Uganda), the Balkan Wars, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In each and every case the emphasis is on the individual human element, the physical, mental, and spiritual devastation to people who fall victim to social or political forces often byond their control"--Preface, Fredericka A. Jacks, p. xi.
Table of contents: title: Go / Jenny D. Williams; title: Pieces / Hunter Liguore; title: The German / John Guzlowski; title: The marketplace of lost dreams / Mitch Levenberg; title: Signature; A deathless moment; This shooting; Daybreak; I, too, like Prince Andrey / Marko Vešović; title: Triptych (1941-1943) / Lisa M. Sita; title: At sea / C.R. Resetarits; title: Chance of rain / John Gifford; title: A deepening heart / Thom Brucie; title: Going somewhere, or coming back? / Norah Piehl; title: The consequent phrase of a melody / Margaret Kingsbury; title: I dream my brother plays baseball; Insurgent injured in rollover; Who is she?; Commendations; Trauma; ATF love; Camels; Don't paint in camels; Mission accomplished / Lisa L. Siedlarz; title: The death of a phoenix / Dawn Sandahl; title: Neither sweet nor sour / Patty Somlo; title: The tiger cage / Thom Brucie; title: 'Abd al Muqeet / Geoffrey A. Landis; title: The bombshell / Muhammad Ashfaq; title: Cucumbers / Mira Martin-Parker; title: Slain workers undaunted; Rescue; Camp office; Composition in early winter / Alamgir Hashmi; title: Gazing at the stars / Nahid Rachlin; title: Grief echoes / Nancy Riecken; title: The ice storm / Rebecca Newth.