Published on February 12, 2015  
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Samford University’s English Department will host Iraq War Veteran and poet Brian Turner Feb. 23 as part of the BACHE Visiting Writers Series.

Turner’s first collection of poetry–Here, Bullet–put him on the map as a literary voice of the Iraq War. Most recently, he published the memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country.

Turner will speak at 7 p.m. in Samford’s Brock Forum (Dwight Beeson Hall).

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.