{"product_id":"bangalore-kerry-james-evans-9781556594052","title":"Bangalore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Evans' jarring debut book of poems draws on his experience as a combat engineer for the Army National Guard...A strong contribution to wartime poetry composed by combatants...Given recent controversy over domestic surveillance and enlisted whistle-blowers, \u003cb\u003ethis is a necessary read, indeed.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003ci\u003e--Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon Kerry James Evans's experience in the military, \u003ci\u003eBangalore\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Lilacs and Razor Wire\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBent 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo one sitting here really knowswhether or not the Colonelwas a homosexual. I bring up my mother-in-law, who is.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside the window the local convictshave decided to mow down the lilacsblossoming along the roadside.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe 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 . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerry James Evans\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry James Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556594054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556594052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Kerry James Evans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939612393727,"sku":"9781556594052","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fdb5cf96-17d0-4671-ac58-3f692c0109b0.jpg?v=1681442510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bangalore-kerry-james-evans-9781556594052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}