In April 2014, Duke University’s Forum for Scholars and Publics, Intrepid Life Coffee and Spirits, and the Regulator Bookshop hosted a reading by Phil Klay, Iraq war veteran and author of the widely acclaimed story collection, Redeployment, at Intrepid Life Coffee and Spirits in downtown Durham. The reading was followed by a discussion with Klay, along with Intrepid owner and Iraq war veteran Matt Victoriano, and Intrepid staff members and veterans Ryan Wetter and Logan Mehl-Laituri (Duke Divinity ’13). The discussion was moderated by D.G. Martin of UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Bookwatch” and veteran of the US Army’s Special Forces.
Listen to the panelists on The State of Things: Return From War
While he was at Duke, Klay also participated in a discussion at the Forum for Scholars and Publics on the topic of writing about war.
Coverage of Redeployment:
- “The Long Road Home,” New York Times
- “Redeployment Explores Iraq War’s Physical and Psychic Costs,” NPR’s Fresh Air
- “The Madness of War Told in the First Person,” New York Times
- “Book World: In Phil Klay’s ‘Redeployment,’ engrossing short stories about the Iraq War,” Washington Post
- “Transcending the Archetypes of War: An Interview with Phil Klay,” Paris Review
- “Reminder from a Marine: Civilians and Veterans Share Ownership of War,” NPR
- “Author Phil Klay, Local Veterans Discuss ‘Redeployment’ and Returning Home,” Oregon Public Broadcasting
- “‘Redeployment’ by Phil Klay review – ‘incendiary stories of war,’ The Guardian
Works by Phil Klay:
- After War, a Failure of the Imagination,” New York Times
- “OIF,” Granta
- “Ten Kliks South,” Guernica
- “The ‘Soldier’ with the Bazooka – World War II, Iraq, and a Story of the Good War,” The Daily Beast (non-fiction)
- “Death and Memory,” New York Times (non-fiction)
Coverage of Matt Victoriano and Intrepid Life Coffee and Spirits: