{"product_id":"the-stick-soldiers-paperback","title":"The Stick Soldiers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHugh Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCornelius Eady\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...thoughtful recollections, scary memories, articulate reflections, and the resolve of a man who has been there.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt age nineteen, Hugh Martin withdrew from college when his National Guard unit was activated for a deployment to Iraq. After training at Fort Bragg, Martin spent 2004 in Iraq as the driver of his platoon sergeant's Humvee. He participated in hundreds of missions including raids, conducting foot patrols, clearing routes for IEDs, disposing of unexploded ordnance, and searching thousands of Iraqi vehicles. These poems recount his time in basic training, his preparation for Iraq, his experience withdrawing from school, and ultimately, the final journey to Iraq and back home to Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugh Martin\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MFA from Arizona State University. He is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugh Martin is a graduate of Muskingum University and completed his MFA at Arizona State in May, 2012. He served six years in the Army National Guard as an M1A1 Tanker and spent 11 months in Iraq. His poetry centers on the narratives that crossed his path as a soldier, with a goal to make each section vivid and strong enough to give the reader a clear idea of what each soldier is like as a human being. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartin's work has appeared in CONSEQUENCE Magazine, Mid-American Review, Nashville Review, and is forthcoming in Gargoyle, Third Coast, and the American Poetry Review. His chapbook, So, How Was the War? (Kent State UP, 2010) was published by the Wick Poetry Center, and was selected as part of the 7th Avenue Streetscape Series in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. In the summer of 2011 he taught introductory creative writing classes at the National University of Singapore. He will be a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University in the fall of 2012.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760120955168,"sku":"9781938160066","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/863304d91557252d7b567945b8ea9429.webp?v=1780172139","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-stick-soldiers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}