Episode 09 - Brian Turner reads from My Life as a Foreign Country
16Apr
Brian Turner reads and discusses a passage from his memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country.
Tim Adams' review in the Observer is: here.
Brian Turner's website is: here.
Brian Turner reads and discusses a passage from his memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country.
In the second part of my lengthy conversation with the poet Brian Turner we begin by discussing language - in particular pejorative terms like 'Haji'. Turner moves from this, through coining 'otherise', to recall his own experiences in Iraq.
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Brian Turner has become world famous for his war poetry, which was largely inspired by a year-long tour of Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. The ostensible reason for our meeting, however, was first sustained work of prose, a memoir entitled My Life as a Foreign Country, which Keep reading →
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