Tuesday, November 17, 2009

News at Eleven: Army Veteran Brian Turner turned his

experience in Iraq into poetry. His book, "Here, Bullet" captured several awards and also helped to earn him the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship. Under the rules of the scholarship, he is required to spend a year outside North America. Turner also contributes to the Home Fires blog on the New York Times website. Below are some selections from "Here, Bullet."

"A Soldier's Arabic"

from Here and Now: Veteran Brian Turner's Poetry

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