Books
Blast Radius
Blast Radius is the first published volume of poetry by Iraq veteran Douglas E. Self. This book is a powerful examination of the devastating effects of PTSD on every aspect of a veteran's life. "Doug Self's inaugural chapbook of poetry, Blast Radius, indeed creates wildly imaginative collateral waves of unforgettable language that continue to thunder and reverberate long after you close the volume. Self employs a deft matter-of-fact, often tongue-in-cheek, documentary delivery that makes its subject matter percussive and absolutely inimitable."—Joseph Bathanti, North Carolina Poet Laureate (2012–14)
Wash the Dust from My Eyes
In this first-of-its-kind collection of nonfiction, poetry, art and photography 100 years in the making, Nana Lampton combines the journal entries of her grandfather—a World War I cavalryman uncertain about the future the war holds, yet ready to play his part—with her own poetry inspired by his writing. As she reaches back through a century to see the world from his perspective, Lampton invites the words of Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius to illustrate the timelessness of feelings that we can all appreciate—apprehension, ambition, camraderie, and love—in the face of war and in the hope for what comes after.