Battle Dress - Poems

In a poetic voice at once accessible and otherworldly, gutsy and insightful, U.S. Army veteran Karen Skolfield offers a rare glimpse of a female soldier's training and mental conditioning. Through the narratives of a young soldier, her older counterpart, and her fellow soldiers, Skolfield searches for meaning in combat preparation, long-term trauma and the way war is embedded in our language and psyche.

About the author

Karen Skolfield is a U.S. Army veteran and former photojournalist. She is the author of two poetry collections, Battle Dress and Frost in the Low Areas, and teaches writing to engineers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She lives in Massachusetts.

Summary

“A terrific and sometimes terrifying collection—morally complex, rhythmic, tough-minded, and original.” —Rosanna Warren, 2018 Barnard Women Poets Prize citation

Product details

• Authors: Karen Skolfield, Karen (University of Massachusetts Skolfield
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2019
• EAN: 9781324003014
• ISBN: 978-1-324-00301-4
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 132 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; POETRY / American / General, POETRY / Women Authors, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets