Kevin Powers and the Art of Writing War

Kevin Powers’ Children of the Wild is a book about Roy and Ennis, two friends on a farm who sign up for WWI, one excited for battle, one a feral child baffled by war. What does war do to friendship? To the minds of men? We talk to Kevin, a veteran of the war in Iraq, about his ability to write war so well and the effects of PTSD on his characters. We also talk to Bartleby Books in Vermont…join us!

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Books mentioned on this week's episode:

Children of the Wild by Kevin Powers

A Line in the Sand by Kevin Powers

A Shout in the Ruins by Kevin Powers

Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting by Kevin Powers

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist