The award-winning author ofThe Yellow Birdsreturns with an extraordinary debut poetry collection.
National Book Award finalist, Iraq war veteran, novelist and poet Kevin Powers creates a deeply affecting portrait of a life shaped by war.
Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fightingcaptures the many moments that comprise a soldier's life: driving down the Texas highway; waiting for the unknown in the dry Iraq heat; writing a love letter; listening to a mother recount her dreams. Written with evocative language and discernment, Powers's poetry strives to make sense of the war and its echoes through human experience.
Just as
The Yellow Birdswas hailed as the first literary masterpiece produced by the Iraq war, this collection will make its mark as a powerful, enduring work (
Los Angeles Times).
Kevin Powers is the author ofThe Yellow Birds, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Guardian First Book Award, and was a National Book Award Finalist. He was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, and holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Michener Fellow in Poetry. He served in the US Army in 2004 and 2005 in Iraq, where he was deployed as a machine gunner in Mosul and Tal Afar.Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fightingis his first collection of poetry.
Praise forThe Yellow Birds Extraordinary...A harrowing story about the friendship of two young men trying to stay alive on the battlefield...Brilliantly observed and deeply affecting. --
Michiko Kakutani,New York Times Powers is a poet first, so
The Yellow Birdsis spare, incredibly precise, unimproveable. --
Dave Eggers,Observer Kevin Powers has produced a masterpiece of war literature and a classic. --
Hilary Mantel,London TlSŠ
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