12: Ben & Daniel talk with poet Brian Turner, author of “Here, Bullet” and “Phantom Noise.” Turner spent 7 years in the US Army and served in Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina. He talks about his time in the military and how it inspires his work.
The Poem of the Week is by US Poet Laureate, Philip Levine – “They Feed They Lion,” read by Daniel Chacon.
And, this week’s Poetic License comes from Fred Arroyo, who reads a short selection from his book “Western Avenue and Other Fictions.”
Brian Turner earned an MFA from the University of Oregon and lived abroad in South Korea for a year before serving for seven years in the U.S. Army. He was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000 with the 10th Mountain Division. Then in November 2003 he was an infantry team leader for a year in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. His first book, Here, Bullet, chronicles his time in Iraq.
Turner has been featured on National Public Radio, the Newshour with Jim Lehrer and the BBC. He has received a NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry, the Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship and a fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. Turner has taught English at Fresno City College.
(Taken from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/brian-turner )
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