Kevin Powers
Kevin Powers
Kevin Powersis an American fiction writer, poet, and Iraq War veteran...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 July 1980
CountryUnited States of America
prayer spring war
The war tried to kill us in the spring. As grass greened the plains of Nineveh and the weather warmed, we patrolled the low-slung hills beyond the cities and towns. We moved over them and through the tall grass on faith, kneading paths into the windswept growth like pioneers. While we slept, the war rubbed its thousand ribs against the ground in prayer.
dream war goes-on
...the war came to me in my dreams and showed me its sole purpose: to go on, only to go on.
war writing personal-opinions
My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war,
war yellow bird
I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so.
war light honest
I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light.
ball generate midfield pressure win
We have to have better pressure on the ball and win 50-50 balls. There was no transition, everything was getting jammed in the middle. If we can generate some midfield pressure and get some transition, our forwards know what to do.
few game games last moving practice saw year
Last year was last year. We're moving forward. We just haven't had a lot of practice time. For our first game I saw a lot of positives. Once we get a few games in we'll be fine. One through 19 we're solid.
expect knew win
I wanted to win the DVC, and we got a lot more than that. Now we're in the sectional final. I really didn't expect to be here, but I knew it was a possibility.
ashley boost healthy huge
Having a healthy Ashley Larkin is going to be a huge boost for us.
army beating exactly expensive good high join offer pay provide school student
I wasn't a good student in high school. I wanted to go to college, but they weren't exactly beating down my door to offer me admission, and it's so expensive in the U.S. If you join up for a period, the army will pay your school and provide a stipend.
writing thinking trying
I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.
writing secret aspiration
Writing was always an aspiration, but I'd kept it a secret even from myself.
simple thinking people
I think a lot of the guys I know and a lot of people I've talked to, what they want is very often what most people want, a kind of simple life, a livelihood, a family, people who care about them, people they can care about. I think vets on the whole want the same things that everybody else does.
watches looks news
I understand that it's incredibly difficult to watch what's happening on the news every day and not become inured to it. I've fallen victim to that myself, wanting to look away.