jehanne
dubrow
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
She is a contemporary Penelope whose tale is epic. —SAM HAMILL
STATESIDE
On NPR's "Fresh Air"
Listen to me read on the Memorial Day show.
On "How a Poem Happens"
Read an interview about my poem "Eastern Shore."
From Djelloul Marbrook
Read a review of Stateside.
AGAINST WAR MOVIES
I see my husband shooting in Platoon,
and there he is again in M*A*S*H, (how weird
to hear him talk like Hawkeye Pierce), and soon
I spot him everywhere, his body smeared
with mud, his face bloodied. He's now the star
of every ship blockade and battle scene--
The Fighting 69th, A Bridge Too Far,
Three Kings, Das Boot, and Stalag 17.
In Stalingrad he's killed, and then
he's killed in Midway and a Few Good Men.
He's burned or gassed or shot between the eyes
or shoots himself when he comes home again.
Each movie is a training exercise,
a scenario for how my husband dies.
This poem was featured in
Download the study guide
for Stateside as a PDF.
In Stars and Stripes
Read an interview.
In The Virginian-Pilot
Read an interview and profile.
On Maryland Morning
Listen to an interview.
Read my military wife essay, "Vitamin M."
In Brevity
Read two of my military wife essays.
In Blackbird
On Inquire with Harvey Hix
Read an interview about Stateside.
Watch Jehanne reading
poems from Stateside.
