This Writing Life

Episode 10 - Brian Turner Part 3

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In part three of my epic conversation with Brian Turner, we begin by discussing how the Soldier Poet bears witness, 
----more----and how ideas of complicity distinguish this from other kinds of war writing. 
We then moved on to:
  • what inspired Turner to write about war
  • the stories being told by Iraqis about the war
  • the war as perceived by the Generals and soldiers on the ground
  • Mosul, the media and bearing witness
  • how the war will be assessed by historians
  • drones, video games and technology
  • war films and the reality of film
  • war, boredom and the intensity of the moment
  • how poetry investigates the moment
  • suicide and stress of war
  • what Turner can and can't talk about
  • 'the war has a tombstone over it'
  • why the Iraq war has not ended
  • Turner's own return home
  • did you suffer any post-traumatic stress
  • 'If you're going to send people off to war, they are going to come back with baggage'
  • Veterans in need of help
  • how we treat our veterans reflects the health of our nation
    • ...more
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