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.

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.

To understand the world, one’s place in it, is to be always at the risk of drowning.

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.

The male role models I had all seemed to have been in the military. My father served in the army. My uncle was in the Marine Corps. Both of my grandfathers served in WWII. There weren't any career soldiers in my family, but when I was young it seemed like a way of arriving at adulthood.

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.

Michael Koryta's THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is an absolutely thrilling read. I read most of it with my breath held, occasionally exhaling to ask myself, 'What will happen next?' I highly recommend it.