To start, whats the brief timeline of the life of Brian Turner?
I was born in Visalia. Was raised in Fresno and then Madera County through high school. I went to Fresno City College and transferred to Fresno State for my BA and MA. I planned on being a rock star, but that didn’t really work out. So I became a machinist. I eventually got a fellowship at the University of Oregon and got my MFA there. Then I taught English in South Korea for a year, and traveled to Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and Japan. I had lots of adventures. I joined the Army at age 30. That’s more common now, for older people to join. I moved to New York, and then was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000. I was in Iraq for a year in 2003-04. When I left Iraq, I moved back to Fresno. I had been gone for 10 years and I wanted to get to know my parents again. I didn’t want to move back at first, but I realized that it was a steppingstone for something, and that was reestablishing my old relationships again. How would you describe your book to someone who’s not familiar
