{"product_id":"in-country-9781942683704","title":"In Country","description":"A powerful, nuanced look at service in the Iraq War through the eyes of a veteran turned poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHugh Martin grew up in northeast Ohio and served six years in the Army National Guard as an M1A1 Tanker. A veteran of the Iraq War, Hugh is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Country\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA Editions, 2018), \u003ci\u003eThe Stick Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA Editions, 2013, winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize) and \u003ci\u003eSo, How Was the War\u003c\/i\u003e (Kent State University Press, 2010). He carries degrees from Muskingum University and Arizona State University. A recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, a Sewanee Writers' Conference Fellowship, and a Yaddo Residency, he was the inaugural winner of the \u003ci\u003eIowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e Jeff Sharlet Award for Veterans. His essays and poetry have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Grantland, American Poetry Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review.\u003c\/i\u003e He was the 2014-15 Emerging Writer Lecturer at Gettysburg College and is currently teaching at Ohio University where he's completing a Ph.D in creative writing.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50365934403858,"sku":"9781942683704","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32f9a6ad-9bde-45bc-ab40-7c16a223c2c4.jpg?v=1728467685","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-country-9781942683704","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}