Writers@Grinnell: Brian Turner

Writers@Grinnell brings poet and memoirist Brian Turner to campus for two free public events on Thursday, March 12 in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.

Roundtable: 4:15 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in Rosenfield Center, Room 209.

Reading: 8 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in Rosenfield Center, Room 101.

Brian Turner served seven years in the US Army. He is the author of two poetry collections, Phantom Noise and Here, Bullet, which won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award, the New York Times “Editor’s Choice” selection, the 2006 PEN Center USA “Best in the West” award, the 2007 Poets Prize, and others.

Turner’s work has been published in National Geographic, The New York Times, Poetry Daily, Harper’s Magazine, and other fine journals. Turner has been awarded a United States Artists Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, and more. His recent memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country, has been called, “achingly, disturbingly, shockingly beautiful.”

Turner's visit is organized by Writers@Grinnell.

It is co-sponsored by Peace and Conflict Studies and by Center for the Humanities as part of their year-long "Century of War” theme.

Grinnell welcomes and encourages the participation of people with disabilities. Rosenfield Center rooms 101 and 209 are looped to supports telecoils. You can request accommodations from the event sponsor or Conference Operations.