Bruce Weigl: 4 books

A “tough and honest” collection by one of America’s foremost poets of the combat experience—“A treasure of wonderful simplicity and complex beauty” (Clarence Major, author of Configurations).   With Song of Napalm, Bruce Weigl established himself as a poet of incomparable power and lyric...

This collection of poems by Vietnam veteran Bruce Weigl provides “a searing memento of the war that refuses to be forgotten” (San Francisco Chronicle).   “*Song of Napalm *is more than a collection of beautifully wrought, heart-wrenching and often very funny poems. It’s a narrative, the...

“A tender and courageous and truly haunting memoir—one of the very best to emerge from the American war in Vietnam. I loved this book.” —Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried   In this piercingly honest memoir, renowned poet Bruce Weigl explores the central experience of his life...

The Unraveling Strangeness represents the record of a man in the middle of his life who comes back to his home after being away for twenty-five years. It is a moving reflection on the deep and abiding connections to place, family, and old friends.