{"product_id":"9781938160073","title":"The Stick Soldiers","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt age nineteen, Hugh Martin withdrew from college for deployment to Iraq. After training at Fort Bragg, Martin spent 2004 in Iraq as the driver of his platoon sergeant's Humvee. He participated in hundreds of missions including raids, conducting foot patrols, clearing routes for IEDs, disposing of unexploded ordnance, and searching thousands of Iraqi vehicles. These poems recount his time in basic training, his preparation for Iraq, his experience withdrawing from school, and ultimately, the final journey to Iraq and back home to Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHugh Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e holds an MFA from Arizona State University. He is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181895270640,"sku":"9781938160073","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938160073_p0.jpg?v=1763785422","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938160073","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}