{"product_id":"expiation-david-vancil-9781639802418","title":"Expiation: War and Its Discontents","description":"David Vancil's uniquely stirring poems about a military family encompass all four of the major wars in the 20th century and evoke their moral complexities. His consistent tone and direct, unembellished style lend the narratives here the unity of an engrossing novel. Over and over Vancil's observant eye and well-selected details put readers in the scene of a poem and enable us to experience through imagination what he has experienced. Reading \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpiation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e can make us better human beings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMatthew Brennan, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnow in New York: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn its craft, emotional intelligence, and the bedrock solidity of its imagery, David Vancil's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpiation: War and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is as fine and personal a reflection of a young American soldier's time in Vietnam and its consequences as I've ever read. Long in gestation, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpiation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a major work of American poetry, as well as a reminder of what it means and takes for us to be human.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eTom Whalen, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter Coat\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDolls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpiation, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Vancil's humanity shines through. His measured emotions reverberate through multiple generations and remind us that the horrors of war are not confined to the front lines. The remorse and regret are genuine, and his clarity of expression is to be admired-no, treasured! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eJerry Bradley, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRapunzel's Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Vancil's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpiation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ejuxtaposes a story of an ordinary soldier during 1969, when Neil Armstrong walked on a moon rising above the \"muck of Vietnam,\" with an account of imagined friends at Woodstock. The son of a WWI grandfather and a WWII and Korean War father, Vancil shows us his own tour of duty in \"a war without end and having no honor.\" His use of understatement allows us to decide for ourselves about the discontent of war that he hopes to expiate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eBarry Harris, \u003c\/b\u003e editor, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTipton Poetry Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Vancil has published poetry in journals such as \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcho River Review, Blue Unicorn, The Heartland Review, The Hardy Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, Westview, So It Goes, WLA: War, Literature and the Arts, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Main Street Rag.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e He has published three poetry chapbooks and the well-received collection, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Homesick Patrol.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e His new collection contains many new poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Vancil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 163980241X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639802418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"David Vancil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485730812159,"sku":"9781639802418","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec954eed-0e52-4f19-a938-287820acb1c6.jpg?v=1778051200","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/expiation-david-vancil-9781639802418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}