A Reading by Brian Turner
This event on 18th March 2009 at 19:30 has past.
Contact: Chris Jones via email: chris.jones@shu.ac.uk
The American poet Brian Turner will be reading from his book Here, Bullet at Sheffield Hallam University on March 18th. His collection focuses on his experiences of touring in Iraq during 2003/4 where he was an infantry team leader with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. Brian served for seven years in the US Army. In 1999-2000 he was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina with the 10th Mountain Division.
His poetry was included in the Voices in Wartime Anthology published in conjunction with a feature-length documentary film. His collection Here, Bullet (Bloodaxe, 2007) was first published in the US in 2005, where it has earned Turner nine major literary awards.
'There are poems in Here, Bullet good enough to hold a place in any anthology of war poetry.' The Guardian
For more information about the event contact Chris Jones via email: chris.jones@shu.ac.uk, or phone: 0114 2253605
Entry: Free
Time: 7:30pm
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