Phil Klay

Phil Klay is a United States Marine Corps veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the author of the forthcoming short story collection, Redeployment.

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Reserves

The 1 Percent Army

Phil Klay reads Andrew Bacevich’s important polemic on how we lost touch with our soldiers.

Phil Klay

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Disappear

An Unfinished Puzzle

How do you write about Argentina’s Dirty War, when thousands were disappeared and executed? Phil Klay reads Patricio Pron’s new novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Fathers-Ghost-Climbing-Rain/dp/0307700682/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373483599&sr=8-1&keywords=patricio+pron" target="_blank">My Father’s Ghost is Climbing in the Rain</a>, and says he’s found the way.

Phil Klay

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STARS AND STRIPES

The ‘Soldier’ With the Bazooka: A World War II Vet’s Story

A World War II veteran shares an unexpected photo, and story, with Iraq War veteran Phil Klay.

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Colum McCann

‘We Are Story-Linked’

Colum McCann sits down with his former student, Phil Klay, to talk about his new novel, TransAtlantic, writing about war and peace, his new charity, Narrative4—and getting a pint.

Phil Klay

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Radical

A Window Into Pakistan

In the midst of the Boston attacks, Phil Klay was reading an affecting novel that depicts terrorism, Islam, and radicalization from the Pakistani perspective. He praises Nadeem Aslam’s The Blind Man’s Garden for making us see another side.

Phil Klay