Bangalore - by Kerry James Evans (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Evans's gritty, hard-hitting debut combines war poems, elegies, and high Southern lyrics to create a new understanding of American identity.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"Evans' jarring debut book of poems draws on his experience as a combat engineer for the Army National Guard...A strong contribution to wartime poetry composed by combatants...Given recent controversy over domestic surveillance and enlisted whistle-blowers, <b>this is a necessary read, indeed.</b>"<i>--Booklist</i></p><p>Drawing upon Kerry James Evans's experience in the military, <i>Bangalore</i> speaks from the position of a natural class warrior who came of age desperately poor in some of the most hardscrabble parts of our country. Whether highlighting a barracks argument about gays in the military or contemplating pent-up eros, the poems are experientially political in the best sense.</p><p><b>From Lilacs and Razor Wire: </b></p><p><i>Bent over in a folding chair, my arm a rag of oil, I scrape the carbon from my M-16with a pipe cleaner here in the armorynamed after a young Colonelwho hanged himself.</i></p><p><i>No one sitting here really knowswhether or not the Colonelwas a homosexual. I bring up my mother-in-law, who is.</i></p><p><i>Outside the window the local convictshave decided to mow down the lilacsblossoming along the roadside.</i></p><p><i>We go back to talking about homosexualsand homosexuality, and I say: We are all a little gay, which lands meon the floor in a wrestling position . . . </i></p><p><b>Kerry James Evans</b> served six years in the Army National Guard as a combat engineer. He received his MFA in creative writing from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and is enrolled in the PhD program in English-Creative Writing from Florida State University. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida.</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Kerry James Evans: Kerry James Evans served six years in the Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and is enrolled in the Ph.D. program in English-Creative Writing from Florida State University.
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