Among Elms, in Ambush

Among Elms, in Ambush is a powerful collection of prose vignettes by Bruce Weigl that explores combat, survival, and PTSD. It combines somber observations on the present day with painful memories of the war, including elegies for forgotten soldiers and the lifelong struggle of waiting for the trauma to fade. The book carries readers through meditations and medications, past the shapes of figures in the dark rice fields of Vietnam and the milkweed pods in the frost-covered fields of Ohio, toward a hard-won determination to survive.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 148 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2021
Publisher: BOA Editions, Limited

This powerful new work by Bruce Weigl follows the celebrated poet and Vietnam War veteran as he explores combat, survival, and PTSD in brief prose vignettes. In compact, transcendent, and poetic prose, Bruce Weigl chronicles somber observations on the present day alongside painful memories of the war. Reflections on school shootings and the lightning-fast spread of news in the 21st century are set alongside elegies for forgotten soldiers and the lifelong struggle of waiting for the trauma of war to fade. Haunting and nuanced, Among Elms, in Ambush carries readers through meditations and medications, past the shapes of figures in the dark rice fields of Viet Nam and the milkweed pods in the frost-covered fields of Ohio, toward a hard-won determination to survive.

This powerful new work by Bruce Weigl follows the celebrated poet and Vietnam War veteran as he explores combat, survival, and PTSD in brief prose vignettes. In compact, transcendent, and poetic prose, Bruce Weigl chronicles somber observations on the present day alongside painful memories of the war. Reflections on school shootings and the lightning-fast spread of news in the 21st century are set alongside elegies for forgotten soldiers and the lifelong struggle of waiting for the trauma of war to fade. Haunting and nuanced, Among Elms, in Ambush carries readers through meditations and medications, past the shapes of figures in the dark rice fields of Viet Nam and the milkweed pods in the frost-covered fields of Ohio, toward a hard-won determination to survive.

Weight: 184g
Dimension: 132 x 203 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781950774418