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Noises and smells, those can bring back powerful memories. I remember when I was going to school one Fourth of July, and there were a lot of fireworks going off. I knew that I was in Richmond. I knew that I was a college student. But I thought people were shooting at me.

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I understand that it's incredibly difficult to watch what's happening on the news every day and not become inured to it. I've fallen victim to that myself, wanting to look away.

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One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.

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I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light.

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I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable.

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Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

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I wasn't a good student in high school. I wanted to go to college, but they weren't exactly beating down my door to offer me admission, and it's so expensive in the U.S. If you join up for a period, the army will pay your school and provide a stipend.

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It's not just: you get off the plane, you're back home, everything's fine. Maybe the physical danger ends, but soldiers are still deeply at risk of being injured in a different way.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 11th, 1980

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