A Reading with Hugh Martin

Join us on July 19, for a reading by poet, writer, and veteran Hugh Martin.

At the reading, Hugh will read poems from both of his collections of poetry: The Stick Soldiers and In Country, published by BOA Editions, Ltd., and will also read a creative nonfiction piece or excerpt from a new work.

After the reading, Hugh will engage in dialogue with the audience, inviting the audience members to ask questions about writing poetry, creative nonfiction, and his journey from deployment to Iraq to becoming a published poet.

The dialogue will be facilitated by Leilani Squire.

Hugh Martin, an Iraq War veteran, is the author of In Country (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2018), The Stick Soldiers (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2013), and So, How Was the War? (Kent State UP, 2010). His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, GQ, The American Scholar, Gulf Coast, and many other venues. He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. He is currently at work on a collection of essays interrogating how the military-industrial complex shapes discourses of masculinity, remembrance, and veteran identity. He teaches at the United States Air Force Academy.

Read more about Hugh Martin and his work: The Stick Soldiers, review by Leilani Squire; "Hugh Martin on writing, war, and the power of poetry," an interview; Hugh Martin: a poet’s reading list

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