Brian Turner, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival
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Document Type
Featured Participant
Festival Date
10-24-2018
Location
Big Blue Room, Ted Constant Convocation Center
Author/Artist Bio
Brian Turner’s latest book, My Life as a Foreign Country: A Memoir (2014) has been called “Achingly, disturbingly, shockingly beautiful” by Nick Flynn and “a humane, heartbreaking, and expertly crafted work of literature” by Tim O’Brien. His two collections of poetry: Here, Bullet (Alice James Books, 2005; Bloodaxe Books, 2007) and Phantom Noise (2010) have also been published in Sweden and Poland. Turner served in the U.S. Army for seven years and was featured in the documentary “Operation Homecoming: Writing the War Experience,” which was nominated for an Academy Award.
Description
Wednesday, October 24, 4:00 p.m.
Remica Bingham-Risher, Co-Director of the Festival, welcomes the audience and introduces Jane Smith, English Senior Lector at ODU, who introduces Brian Turner.
Video Runtime: 00:49:20
File Size: 298 MB
File Type: Video/mp4
Recommended Citation
Turner, Brian, "Brian Turner, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival" (2018). 41st Annual Literary Festival at ODU: October 21-25, 2018. 10.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/litfest-2018/10