Mr. Turner will discuss his life, work, & military experience, and answer questions.
Brian Turner is a poet and memoirist who 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. In addition to his poetry, he is the editor of the anthology The Kiss (2018), a diverse anthology of essays, stories, poems, and graphic memoirs. 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.” Mr. Turner will discuss his life, work, military experience, and answer participants’ questions during this conversation.
This program is sponsored by the Broward Public Library Foundation. There will be a giveaway of BCL branded items to participants to be picked up at the Weston Branch Library.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | New Adults | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Online/Virtual | Discussion/Lecture | Author Events |
Mon, Mar 18 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Mar 19 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Mar 20 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Mar 21 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Mar 22 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Mar 23 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Mar 24 | Closed |