Kevin Powers
3 SeriesKevin Powers is an American author and poet, known for his New York Times bestselling literary fiction. A native of Virginia, he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and earned an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin as a Michener Fellow in Poetry. He served in the US Army from 2004 to 2005, deploying to Iraq as a machine gunner.
In "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers, Private Bartle, aged twenty-one, and Private Murphy, aged eighteen, navigate the brutal realities of war in Al Tafar, Iraq. Bound by a promise made during basic training to bring Murphy home safely, the two face relentless attacks from insurgents and the overwhelming mental and physical toll of combat. As their platoon engages in a fierce battle for the city, the continuous strain of war begins to unravel Murphy's grip on reality. Bartle, struggling to uphold his promise, finds himself pushed to unthinkable actions. This standalone novel explores the harrowing journey of two soldiers as they confront the devastating effects of war.
