The Iraqnid

The Iraqnid is an epic poem about a Marine named Spider that isn't actually an epic poem. It features 8 storylines channel-surfed together into one idea--what it felt like to live in this country during the Iraq war. Too funny to be avant-garde, too realistic to dismiss, the book flows like the most compelling dream you've ever experienced, occasionally surfacing into moments of heart-stopping clarity.

And there are over a dozen sentences of power and beauty.