He gained his MA in poetry writing from the University of Oregon. No book of poetry since Yusef Komunyakaa’s “There is the war we know—from Hollywood and CNN, about dirt-smeared soldiers disarming IEDs and roaring along in Humvees and kicking down the doors of terrorist hideouts—and then there is the battleground of the mind, the war that Brian Turner carried home with him like a rucksack full of dynamite…. Through it all, Turner paints a devastating portrait of what it means to be a soldier and a human being.“Turner’s voice is prophetic, an eerie calm in the midst of calamity…as precise as a bullet, as all-encompassing as the apocalypse. Brian Turner will be reading from Phantom Noise at the Southbank Centre on Saturday 30 October, 4pm as part of the Poetry International festival. Descriptions of 2021 Poet-at-Large Brian Turner’s virtual high school performances and a special evening event with this distinguished poet are forthcoming. Brian Turner was born in Visalia in California. He received a BA from Fresno State in 1994 and an MFA from the University of Oregon in 1996. Each sentence has been carefully measured, weighed with loss and vitality, the hard-earned language of a survivor who has seen the world destroyed and written it back to life. The ambiguous kiss. There is this ringing hum this In this anthology, writers and thinkers share their thoughts on a specific kiss—the unexpected and unforgettable—in an attempt to bridge the gulf, to connect us to one another on a deeply human level, and to explore the messy and complicated intimacies that exist in our actual lives, as well as in the complicated landscape of the imagination.This is a book meant to be read from cover to cover, just as much as it’s meant to be dipped into—with each kiss pulling us closer to the moments in our lives that matter most.Kisses from: Nick Flynn • Aimee Nezhukumatathil • Pico Iyer • Kim Addonizio • Laure-Anne Bosselaar and Kurt Brown • Patricia Smith • Mark Doty • Ilyse Kusnetz • Major Jackson • Kazim Ali • Camille Dungy • Rebecca Makkai • Philip Metres • Terrance Hayes • Nickole Brown • Benjamin Busch • Ira Sukrungruang • Lacy M. Johnson • Brian Castner • Andre Dubus III • Siobhan Fallon • Schafer John c • Téa Obreht & Dan Sheehan • Roxana Robinson • Honor Moore • Christopher Merrill • J. Mae Barizo • Steven Church • Cameron Dezen Hammon • Martín Espada • Dinty W. Moore • Tina Chang • Adam Dalva • Kimiko Hahn • Tom Sleigh • Ada Limón • Suzanne Roberts • Sholeh Wolpé • Beth Nguyen • Kristen Radtke • Christian Kiefer • Beth Ann Fennelly • Christopher Paul Wolfe • Matthew Komatsu • John Mauk • Dave Essinger • Kathryn MilesA war memoir of unusual literary beauty and power from the acclaimed poet who wrote the poem “The Hurt Locker.”In 2003, Sergeant Brian Turner crossed the line of departure with a convoy of soldiers headed into the Iraqi desert. Memoirist and Poet Brian Turner, Director of the MFA in Creative Writing at Sierra Nevada College Brian Turner earned an MFA from the University of Oregon and lived abroad in South Korea for a year before serving for seven years in the U.S. Army. This text was written for this occasion. Brian Lindsay Turner ONZM (born 4 March 1944 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand poet and author. Brian Turner lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand. To yield force to is an act of necessity, not of will; Then in November 2003 he was an infantry team leader for a year in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. … He was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000 with the 10th Mountain Division. The kiss we can’t take back. The curve of her hip where I'd lay my head, In 1999–2000 he was sent with the 10th Mountain Division to Bosnia-Herzegoniva. Brian Turner, known for his writing about the Iraq War, is the author of Phantom Noise (Alice James Books, 2010), which was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. Brian Turner (USA, 1967) Nederlands Wednesday 15 April 2009. Down in the hole, down in the clay and mud, He gained his MA in poetry writing from the University of Oregon. His poetic debut, [Brian Turner was a guest at the 2009 Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam. © Poems are the property of their respective owners. One question echoes through these pages: How does someone leave a war behind and walk into the rest of their life? A war memoir of unusual literary beauty and power from the acclaimed poet who wrote the poem “The Hurt Locker.” In 2003, Sergeant Brian Turner crossed the line of departure with a convoy of soldiers headed into the Iraqi desert.
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