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Arabic with a Redneck Accent
Aaron Graham, author
Grace Bauer selected this title saying the following: “In the tradition of Yusef Komunyakaa’s Dien Cai Dau and Brian Turner’s Here, Bullet, this collection is a veteran’s first-hand account of war in all it’s horror and confusion. The writer looks at how language can both clarify and obfuscate the reality, reminding us that: “The boots on the ground aren’t boots. / They’re packs of young me.”