It’s not just: you get off the plane, you’re back home, everything’s fine. Maybe the physical danger ends, but soldiers are still deeply at risk of being injured in a different way. Kevin Powers Read Quote
Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn’t seem to be much difference in my own writing. Kevin Powers Read Quote
One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path. Kevin Powers Read Quote
I understand that it’s incredibly difficult to watch what’s happening on the news every day and not become inured to it. I’ve fallen victim to that myself, wanting to look away. Kevin Powers Read Quote
Noises and smells, those can bring back powerful memories. I remember when I was going to school one Fourth of July, and there were a lot of fireworks going off. I knew that I was in Richmond. I knew that I was a college student. But I thought people were shooting at me. Kevin Powers Read Quote
I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive. Kevin Powers Read Quote
Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You’re putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre. Kevin Powers Read Quote
I understood that ‘The Yellow Birds’ would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so. Kevin Powers Read Quote
