Meet Brian Turner, Veteran and Poet
Date and Time
Monday Nov 14, 2016
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
Monday, November 14 at 6:00 p.m.
Location
Effingham Public Library - Workman Room
200 N Third Street, Effingham
Fees/Admission
Free - No Registration Required
Contact Information
217-342-2464
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Description
Brian Turner is a poet and meoirist who served seven years in the US army, including tours of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq. He is the author of two poetry collections, Phantom Noise, and Here, Bullet, which won the New York Times "Editor's Choice" selection and other major national awards. Turner's work has been published in National Geographic, the New York Times, Poetry Daily, Harper's Magazine, and other fine journals. His recent memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country, has been called, "achingly, disturbingly, shockingly beautiful."
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