Bangalore - Softcover

Evans, Kerry James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556594054 ISBN 13: 9781556594052

Publisher: Copper Canyon Press, 2013

Synopsis

Drawing upon Kerry James Evans's experience in the military, "Bangalore" speaks from the position of a natural class warrior who came of age desperately poor in some of the most hardscrabble parts of our country. Whether highlighting a barracks argument about gays in the military or contemplating pent-up eros, the poems are experientially political in the best sense.From "Lilacs and Razor Wire": "Bent over in a folding chair, my arm a rag of oil, I scrape the carbon from my M-16with a pipe cleaner here in the armorynamed after a young Colonelwho hanged himself.""No one sitting here really knowswhether or not the Colonelwas a homosexual. I bring up my mother-in-law, who is.""Outside the window the local convictshave decided to mow down the lilacsblossoming along the roadside.""We go back to talking about homosexualsand homosexuality, and I say: We are all a little gay, which lands meon the floor in a wrestling position . . . ""Kerry James Evans served six years in the Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and is enrolled in the PhD program in English-Creative Writing from Florida State University. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida."

About this title

About the Author:

Kerry James Evans: Kerry James Evans served six years in the Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and is enrolled in the Ph.D. program in English-Creative Writing from Florida State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1556594054
• ISBN 13: 9781556594052
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96