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Bruce Weigl and Brian Turner
Declension in the Village of Chung Luong (Ausable Press) and Brian Turner Here, Bullet (Alice James Books) Bruce Weigl is a poet who served in Vietnam. Brian Turner wrote poetry while serving in Iraq. Theirs is the poetry of war as written by on-site observers.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 30m ListenDeclension in the Village of Chung Luong (Ausable Press) and Here, Bullet (Alice James Books)
Bruce Weigl is a poet who served in Vietnam. Brian Turner wrote poetry while serving in Iraq. Theirs is the poetry of war as written by on-site observers. These poets eschew easy platitudes about the horrors of war, returning readers to the human revelations that are the consequences of the politics of warfare.