Kevin Powers: The Yellow Birds
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin
English - May 26, 2024 06:30 - 29 minutes - 55.5 MBBooks Arts History historians idaho authors bestsellers books fiction history idahopublictelevision marciafranklin nonfiction Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Marcia Franklin interviews author Kevin Powers, a veteran of the war in Iraq. His first work, "The Yellow Birds," was a finalist for the National Book Award. The novel depicts the friendship between two American soldiers in Iraq trying to keep each other alive, and the emotional journey of one of them as he returns home.
Powers, who was a speaker at the University of Idaho's annual Hemingway conference, talks about the influence of Hemingway on him, why he wanted to write "The Yellow Birds," the themes in it, and the reaction to the book. Franklin also asks him about his views on the war in Iraq.
Originally aired: 11/07/2014