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Deeply Dug in (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry) - Hardcover

Barth, R.L.

 
9780826331823: Deeply Dug in (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0826331823 ISBN 13: 9780826331823
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2003

Synopsis

Thirty-five years ago R L Barth was a Marine patrol leader in the First Reconnaissance Battalion in Vietnam. Today he is a poet's poet who articulates the harsh realities and ironies of war in the style of the great classical satirists. Barth writes about Vietnam, but his soldier's take on the war is startlingly applicable to the conflicts of the twenty-first century or to any war that happens to be going on.

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About the Author

R. L. Barth edited The Selected Letters of Yvor Winters and The Selected Poems of Janet Lewis. Educated at Northern Kentucky College and at Stanford, he lives in Edgewood, Kentucky.

From the Back Cover

Thirty-five years ago R. L. Barth was a Marine patrol leader in the First Reconnaissance Battalion in Vietnam; today he is a poet. Barth writes about Vietnam, but his soldier's take on the war is startlingly applicable to the conflicts of the twenty-first century or to any war that happens to be going on.

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Thirty-five years ago R. L. Barth was a Marine patrol leader in the First Reconnaissance Battalion in Vietnam; today he is a poet. Barth writes about Vietnam, but his soldier's take on the war is startlingly applicable to the conflicts of the twenty-first century or to any war that happens to be going on.

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Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0826331823
ISBN 13 
9780826331823
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
76