This Writing Life

Episode 48 - Harry Parker: Part 3

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Harry Parker begins the

third and final part of his conversation with This Writing Life by
considering the emotional effects of his tours in Iraq and
Afghanistan. ----more---- From there we moved onto: 

  • writing about the war from the
perspective of the occupied and the insurgency

  • 'All I wanted to do was tell a good
    • story'

  • 'There is this idea that laying mines is
    • a really unfair way to fight wars. I always thought dropping a hellfire
    missile from a drone was also unfair.' 

  • futility and waste: 'War is just shitty'

  • how much is a life worth: occupiers vs
    • occupied?

  • 'You can't just do these things with
    • military force...'

  • ISIS, Assad, Iraq: the future of the
    • world

  • 'If there are any themes they are
    • compassion, recovery, but also trying to reframe how we view conflicts'

  • what next for Harry Parker?

    • ...more
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