{"product_id":"in-country-paperback","title":"In Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHugh Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugh Martin's second full-length poetry collection moves within and among history to broaden and complicate our understanding of war. These poems push beyond tidy generalizations and easy moralizing as they explore the complex, often tense relationships between U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. The speaker journeys through training to deployment and back again, returning home to reflect on the soldiers and civilians--both memories and ghosts--left behind. Filled with recollected dialogue and true-to-life encounters, these poems question, deconstruct, examine, and reintegrate the myths and realities of service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugh Martin grew up in northeast Ohio and served six years in the Army National Guard as an M1A1 Tanker. A veteran of the Iraq War, Hugh is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Country\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA Editions, 2018), \u003ci\u003eThe Stick Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA Editions, 2013, winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize) and \u003ci\u003eSo, How Was the War\u003c\/i\u003e (Kent State University Press, 2010). He carries degrees from Muskingum University and Arizona State University. A recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, a Sewanee Writers' Conference Fellowship, and a Yaddo Residency, he was the inaugural winner of the \u003ci\u003eIowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e Jeff Sharlet Award for Veterans. His essays and poetry have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Grantland, American Poetry Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review.\u003c\/i\u003e He was the 2014-15 Emerging Writer Lecturer at Gettysburg College and is currently teaching at Ohio University where he's completing a Ph.D in creative writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760100933920,"sku":"9781942683704","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/97742ed1b0a888b8027d863904ff9be5.webp?v=1780171651","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-country-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}