{"product_id":"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055969845488,"sku":"9781556594052","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781556594052_p0.jpg?v=1769899163","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781556594052","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}