Here, Bullet
by Brian Turner
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Author: Brian TurnerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN: 1882295552
Number of pages: 80
Publisher: Alice James Books
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- ISBN13: 9781882295555
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Book Review: A Clear-Eyed Look at Inhumanity
Summary: 5 Stars
Although Brian Turner holds an MFA, his poetry does not suffer from "MFA-itis": no strained metaphors, no fractured sentence structure, no scrambled grammar, no forced ambiguities, and no exaltation of the trivial to no good purpose. Instead, this clear-eyed poet gives us in simple, direct language with common, unvarnished images all the miraculous beauty of daily life mutilated by all the savagery of which human beings are capable. And that's a lot of beauty and a lot of savagery. For example, his vivid poem, "2000 lbs.," captures the explosive dissolution of individual worlds (as opposed to those of community and state) as well as any poet since Homer. This powerful collection of poems should be required reading in all high school history classes (do high schools still teach history?) and for all Congressmen. And maybe even for Presidents and their advisors who have never served in the military. Turner won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award with this book. He should've picked up a Pulitzer, as well.
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