I've worked hard to remember it...The problem is I'm not sure what's real memory and what's my brain filling in details, like a guy whose heart stops and he thinks he sees a bright light. Except I'm sure of my bright light.
Our country regularly uses military force, but only a fraction of Americans serve in the military. This means fewer and fewer people have a direct li… - Phil Klay
Our country regularly uses military force, but only a fraction of Americans serve in the military. This means fewer and fewer people have a direct li…
- Phil Klay
Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences. - Phil Klay
Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences.
I think in America, especially today, our relationship to war is incredible distant. Yet narratives of war have such a primal power in this culture. … - Phil Klay
I think in America, especially today, our relationship to war is incredible distant. Yet narratives of war have such a primal power in this culture. …
Fiction is a place where people can meet, where they take the time to very seriously examine and think about the experiences of other people and abou… - Phil Klay
Fiction is a place where people can meet, where they take the time to very seriously examine and think about the experiences of other people and abou…
There are two ways to tell the story. Funny or sad. Guys like it funny, with lots of gore and a grin on your face when you get to the end. Girls like… - Phil Klay
There are two ways to tell the story. Funny or sad. Guys like it funny, with lots of gore and a grin on your face when you get to the end. Girls like…
It's not so much the question that offends me; it's that the people asking it don't seem to respect the moral seriousness of the question. - Phil Klay
It's not so much the question that offends me; it's that the people asking it don't seem to respect the moral seriousness of the question.
Part of the reason I'm writing it is to try to figure out what that is myself. It's not like I came back from Iraq and said, "We need to have a conve… - Phil Klay
Part of the reason I'm writing it is to try to figure out what that is myself. It's not like I came back from Iraq and said, "We need to have a conve…
Fiction offered me tools that allowed me to approach a wider variety of issues than the events of my own life would. - Phil Klay
Fiction offered me tools that allowed me to approach a wider variety of issues than the events of my own life would.
And that was my homecoming. It was fine, I guess. Getting back feels like your first breath after nearly drowning. Even if it hurts, it's good. - Phil Klay
And that was my homecoming. It was fine, I guess. Getting back feels like your first breath after nearly drowning. Even if it hurts, it's good.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion