In Which I Serve as Outside Reader on General Petraeus’s Dissertation [The current version of the Army’s Field …
Issue 026: April 2019
An Interview with Brooke King, author of WAR FLOWER: MY LIFE AFTER IRAQ
Andria Williams: Brooke, thanks so much for taking the time to chat with Wrath-Bearing Tree. We are all excited to fe…
Review of Jon Chopan’s Veterans Crisis Hotline
A few years ago, I had a conversation with a friend named Ted. Ted is a fellow veteran, and classmate of mine from th…
New Fiction: Beethoven and the Beggar
A handsome couple strolled arm in arm down Central Park West. The man, tall and athletic with a thick, well-brushed m…
New Nonfiction from Brooke King: “Ghosts” and “The Only Stars I’ve Seen”
Ghosts The young Iraqi girl stared back at me, her face covered over in black; only her eyes shown out from under the…