Military Spouse Book Review

Book reviews, essays, & more, by and for literary-minded military spouses and fellow travelers. We appreciate empathy, broad minds, good humor, great books.

[Military Spouse Book Review @BookSpouse]

Including must-read essay by military spouse Erin Carpenter: @mundanitynoodle @SiobhanMFallon

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

** JANUARY 2021 @WrathBT is up! **

Stellar lineup:

NEW Fiction (!) from @MattGallagher0 , "The Biggest Little City"

Nonfiction: @mundanitynoodle, "A Trauma-Informed Approach to Date Night"

Poetry from Scott Janssen and Lauren Davis

https://t.co/EnTbrkqmYd

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

Have you read our December 2020 issue yet? You've got ten days and then it DISAPPEARS FOREVER.

Kidding. But you do have 10 days to leave a comment on @WrathBT & be automatically entered to win @Brian_Castner 's terrific DISAPPOINTMENT RIVER. Yes!

https://t.co/Hjk7nzLsj5

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

Here's a treat! Author @KateySchultz drops by the @WrathBT You Tube channel to read some really lovely poetry for your Winter Solstice. Mary Oliver, Holly Wren Spaulding, and more!

https://t.co/zdCfdRzPKN

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

Brilliant essay on art-making & perseverance in the face of motherhood, time constraints, social unrest & more, from Abena Ntoso in the December @WrathBT :

https://t.co/8BVsNDZ2hJ

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

* DECEMBER @WrathBT IS UP! *

POETRY: Mack Freeman, Sheila Bonenberger, Nestor Walters.

NONFICTION: Abena Ntoso, "River of My Dreams."
Profile of poet @FlameSuzy.

FICTION: @Brian_Castner, "The Troll."

Come Read!

https://t.co/fyBnKhFzIF

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

It's Giving Tuesday! And while @WrathBT won't be a nonprofit til next year, here are some of our great friends from the literary/war lit community if you want to help them keep making & publishing great art!

(thread)

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

Here are @WrathBT 's nominations for the 2020 Pushcart Prize (a thread). With the quality of contributions this year, it was no easy feat to choose only six pieces to nominate.

We're very proud of these authors & their work.

[F. Martínezcuello 🇩🇴 @fmartinezcuello]

This #VeteransDay read stories from vets. I wrote an homage 2 Girl as an assignment from @TaraCampbellCom (from @barrelhouse funky flash workshop -highly recommend btw). Thanx 2 @WrathBT 4 this acceptance & their confidence in me 2 publish my story in Nov. https://t.co/NmAR0GRoEY

[M. C. Armstrong @mcarmystrong]

One thing I don't say enough is how grateful I am to America's veterans. For the past five years, I've been studying veteran-authors. The kindness, diversity, courage, and imagination I have witnessed in this community has changed the way I see my country. #HappyVeteransDay

[Military Spouse Book Review @BookSpouse]

@davischaosdire1 @laurenthehough @Itslaureniguess But if something rolls under something else at a grocery store, Lauren, I am HERE FOR YOU :)

[Military Spouse Book Review @BookSpouse]

Yes!

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

* NOVEMBER 2020 @WrathBT IS UP! *

* FICTION: Francisco Martinezcuello, "Soldier"

* NONFICTION: Tara Coughlin, "Splintering Effect"

Artist Profile: Vince Gabriel

Essay: Michael Carson

* POETRY: Ben Weakley; Nazli Karabiyikoglu

https://t.co/ktijCKlKvD

[Military Spouse Book Review @BookSpouse]

Hooray, @amalieflynn !! 😊

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

Nominated for @SundressPub "Best of the Net" 2020 -- @amalieflynn 's haunting poem "Celebrate," about the unethical, politically-motivated pardon of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher.

"Don’t touch him.
Because he’s mine.

Before driving his knife deep and deep."

https://t.co/8dZnRq3sNi

[Beyond Their Limits of Longing @orthveillon]

MERCI WBT!!!! It was a pleasure to write this article with @johnnytyrrell and an honor to be nominated @WrathBT

[Military Spouse Book Review @BookSpouse]

@David_Eisler Wonderful news! Congratulations, David!

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

** OCTOBER @WrathBT IS UP! **

POETRY: George Kramer and Westley Smith

NONFICTION: Nathan Webster and Kevin Honold on collective memory, Confederate-named bases, more

FICTION: Matt Cricchio, "War all the Time"

PROFILE: Jason Moon's "Warrior Songs"

https://t.co/reaOm7hbA7

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

"What is it about the American character that allows the long con of our politics to go on and on?"

Excellent essay for election season: Michael Carson on Ben Fountain's "Beautiful Country Burn Again" & the unsustainable American political fantasy:

https://t.co/FUQiFSIqFZ

[Wrath Bearing Tree @WrathBT]

Folk-punk singer-songwriter Emily Yates on women at war, post-traumatic stress, working for @ImDavidAbrams in Iraq, learning to play the ukelele, and the international "Try Not to be a Dick" Movement, in your new September @WrathBT :

https://t.co/4ArQeyEkWU

[Military Spouse Book Review @BookSpouse]

@TurnerMLIS ♥️