Bruce Weigl

Author of Song of Napalm: Poems

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About the Author

Bruce Weigl has written ten books of poetry, edited three collections of criticism, and translated or co-translated three books of poetry from the Vietnamese and one from the Romanian

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Works by Bruce Weigl

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Song of Napalm: Poems (1988) 55 copies, 2 reviews

Archeology of the Circle: New and Selected Poems (1999) 31 copies, 1 review

The Circle of Hanh: A Memoir (2000) 28 copies, 1 review

What Saves Us (1992) 20 copies

The Monkey Wars: Poems by Bruce Weigl (1985) 14 copies

The Abundance of Nothing: Poems (Triquarterly) (2012) 13 copies

Declension in the Village of Chung Luong (2006) 12 copies

The Unraveling Strangeness: Poems (2002) 11 copies

Sweet Lorain (1996) 10 copies

After the Others: Poems (1999) 7 copies

A Romance (Pitt Poetry Series) (1979) 7 copies

On the Shores of Welcome Home (American Poets Continuum (176)) (2019) 6 copies

Among Elms, in Ambush (2021) 5 copies, 3 reviews

The Imagination as Glory: The Poetry of James Dickey (1984) 5 copies

Charles Simic: Essays on the Poetry (Under Discussion) (1997) 2 copies

Sack Full of Old Quarrels: Poems (1976) 1 copy

Bilingual Selected Poems, What Saves Us/sta Nas Spasava Is the Title By Bruce Weigl Translated From Serbian By Biljana… (2012) 1 copy

The Giver of Morning: On the Poetry of Dave Smith (American Poets Profile Series) (1982) 1 copy

EXECUTIONER 1 copy

Intro 14 (1983) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (2003) — Contributor — 800 copies, 10 reviews

Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness (1993) — Contributor — 346 copies, 2 reviews

The Best American Poetry 1994 (1994) — Contributor — 176 copies, 1 review

Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (1994) — Contributor — 34 copies

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Birthdate: 1949-01-27
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Lorain, Ohio, USA
Places of residence: Lorain, Ohio, USA (birth)
University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: Oberlin College (BA)
University of New Hampshire (MA|American and British Literature)
University of Utah (PhD|1979)
Occupations: poet
editor
professor (college)
Organizations: United States Army (Vietnam War)
Awards and honors: Lannan Literary Award (Poetry, 2006)
American Academy of Poets award (1979)
Pushcart Prize (2)
Patterson Poetry Prize
Yaddo Foundation Fellowship

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Among Elms, in Ambush by Bruce Weigl

This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

I attempted to read this book cover-to-cover. The pain expressed, latent and current, is overwhelming. I will revisit it in pieces until I finish, but as a wholistic review, I run short. The writing is incredibly eloquent and the ideas so sincere and raw that I must agree with myself to stop reading and revisit.
A powerful, honest book

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hamlet61 | 2 other reviews | Jan 10, 2023 |

Among Elms, in Ambush by Bruce Weigl

This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

It took me a long time to read Weigl's book, not because it is a lengthy book (141 pages, many of which contain a short paragraph), but because it is the kind of material that benefits from a slow approach. There is no linear story; the whole is a series of meditations, musings, and observations. There is no requirement to proceed in a particular order, either. While the overall topic leans towards the dark and somer (present times, war), the overall tone is both elegiac and luminous.

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MariaLuisaLacroix | 2 other reviews | Oct 7, 2022 |

Among Elms, in Ambush by Bruce Weigl

This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

I’ve read Weigl’s Somgs of Napalm several times and have always found that book compelling. The poems at least mostly convey his experiences as a young infantryman during the Vietnam war. In this book of poems Among Elms, in Ambush quite often we see the poet still living out those experiences as a much older adult. Much of what goes on in these pages is about reconciling the past. The poems quite often bring up PTSD experiences, accidental noises for instance that take him back to relive those times of personal trauma. Sometimes we also see him at a VA hospitals with other veterans helping each other to cope. There are also numerous poems about post war trips and experiences to Vietnam which also for him is a way to reconcile his past.

Anyway I really liked the book.… (more)

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lriley | 2 other reviews | Oct 25, 2021 |

The Circle of Hanh: A Memoir by Bruce Weigl

#unreadshelfproject2019 - Not a bad read. I've always wanted to read about the Vietnam war and the aftermath and I think this was a good book to start with. It broke the ground in an easy to read memoir. I found it to be quite moving. Weigl's determination to get to his adoptive daughter is a rather suspenseful part of the book. Weigel redeemed his time in the Vietnam war by going back and giving back to the country they took so much from.

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bnbookgirl | Jan 15, 2019 |

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