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Hard Knox with Amanda KnoxHow Soldiers Make Sense of an Unwinnable War (Phil Klay)Phil Klay is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and National Book Award–winning author of Redeployment, Missionaries, and Uncertain Ground, whose work examines the moral and emotional toll of modern war. How do soldiers make sense of what they’ve done when the meaning of war keeps changing? Why does true patriotism demand not blind loyalty, but the courage to question—and to forgive? Released on Veterans Day, this conversation dives into the nature of service, moral injury, and the fight to keep faith—with one’s country, and with oneself.
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2025-11-1153 min
Hard Knox with Amanda KnoxHow Soldiers Make Sense of an Unwinnable War (Phil Klay)Phil Klay is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and National Book Award–winning author of Redeployment, Missionaries, and Uncertain Ground, whose work examines the moral and emotional toll of modern war. How do soldiers make sense of what they’ve done when the meaning of war keeps changing? Why does true patriotism demand not blind loyalty, but the courage to question—and to forgive? Released on Veterans Day, this conversation dives into the nature of service, moral injury, and the fight to keep faith—with one’s country, and with oneself.
Reach out to us at ...
2025-11-1151 min
For the PeopleFairfield University Professor Phil KlayCheck out our conversation with Marine, author and Fairfield University Professor Phil Klay about the opportunities for fellow veterans interested in creative writing - and what the university offers to those who served, or anyone interested in its unique MFA program.
2025-10-1415 min
For the PeopleFairfield University Professor Phil Klay - CT Active Transportation Plan - Domestic Violence Awareness Month Series: Safe HavenToday we're hosting a conversation with Marine, author and Fairfield University Professor Phil Klay about the opportunities for fellow veterans interested in creative writing - and what the university offers to those who served, or anyone interested in its unique MFA program.
Then, we'll bring in a Connecticut DOT representative to remind you that your voice matters when creating a safer, more accessible transportation network for all Connecticut residents and visitors alike. Learn about the development of a statewide Active Transportation Plan and where you can show up in the coming days to help make it even better.
2025-10-1253 min
Sacred and Profane LoveEpisode 75: Ghali's "Beer in the Snooker Club" with Phil KlayIn this episode, I speak with National Book Award winner Phil Klay, author of "Redeployment" and "Missionaries". We discuss a novel you've probably never heard of, but very fun: "Beer in the Snooker Club" by Egyptian writer Waguih Ghali. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
2025-06-2756 min
Manifesto!Episode 75: American Honor and the IliadJake and Phil discuss Phil's New York Times essay "Trump, Hegseth, and the Honor of the American Military" and Homer's "Embassy to Achilles"
The Manifesto:
Phil Klay, "Trump, Hegseth, and the Honor of the American Military"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/opinion/trump-hegseth-military-morality.html
The Art:
Homer, "Embassy to Achilles"
https://www.penguinbookshop.com/book/9780140275360
2025-01-251h 12
Angry PlanetPete Hegseth and the Surreal World of the Civ-Mil Divide With Phil KlayListen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comBetween the idea and the reality falls the shadow. Marine Corps veteran J.D. Vance will soon be vice president. Pete Hegseth, a man with a Crusader Kings tattoo who doesn’t want women to serve in combat roles, is probably going to be confirmed as secretary of defense. Over New Years, two members of the U.S. military committed domestic terror attacks.Today on Angry Planet we get into the highs and lows of the American military with Marine Corps vet and au...
2025-01-2057 min
Military Veterans PodcastViewpoint 24: Phil KlayFull Episode: Ep 024 - Capt Phil Klay from 10th May 2022.In this Viewpoint: Phil talks about using the G.I. Bill to help getting a writing degree and go to teachers college, when leaving the U.S. Marine Corps. This included going into a graduate creative writing program.He also shares some of the books that he has written, which have done well enough, for him to become a writer full time. These books include Redeployment (Award winning) and Missionaries. Phil has also been part of a different podcast called American Veteran: Unforgettable...
2024-08-2021 min
The Hope Axis by Anna GátPhil Klay: Laughing at Evil - Comedy, Violence, MeaningNational Book Award winning Phil Klay, author of Redeployment and Missionaries, joined me for a conversation about humour and the absurd, humanity and violence, fatherhood and history, and what there remains to hope and work for.
2024-08-0654 min
Wisdom of CrowdsPhil Klay on Morality and WarMorality and war. Two words that seem to have nothing to do with each other. Yet as recent events have shown, our conscience pricks us every time we hear news of an atrocity, smarts at every war and rumor of war. Can a war ever be just? Does talk about morality in the conduct of war make any sense?Joining Shadi and Damir to discuss this heady topic is Phil Klay, a novelist and essayist whose first book, the short story collection Redeployment, won the National Book Award in 2014. An Iraq War veteran, his work has focused...
2024-06-151h 07
What Could Go Right?Veterans and Invisible War: Lessons from Phil KlayIn the modern age of warfare, what does it mean for Americans to enter the armed forces? Zachary and Emma speak with veteran and author Phil Klay about the disconnect many people who serve in our current wars feel when they return back home, as well as the lack of understanding that American civilians have toward the complexities of these conflicts. Yet the military remains a major factor in the government’s budget and in Americans' patriotic pride. This discussion leads to questions about the morals of modern warfare and the care the nation owes to the veterans who have provide...
2024-05-0157 min
Manifesto!Episode 62: Last Men and Women: George Scialabba and the Challenge of ModernityJake and Phil are joined live at Fairfield University by the great critic and essayist George Scialabba to discuss Last Men and Women
At a time of war, impending ecological disaster, and partisan rage, our commitments to the modern, liberal order are being questioned like never before. Do we understand ourselves best as individuals or as members of a community? Must we renew our absolute commitment to political freedoms, or accept greater state control to deal with the dangers and allures of new technologies? Should the future be post-liberal, neo-liberal, or some other, perhaps more frightening and...
2023-12-071h 20
New Books in National SecurityPhil Klay, "Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War" (Penguin, 2022)When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself a part of the community of veterans who have no choice but to grapple with the meaning of their wartime experiences--for themselves and for the country. American identity has always been bound up in war--from the revolutionary war of our founding, to the civil war that ended slavery, to the two world wars that launched America as a superpower. What did the current wars say about who we are as a country, and how should we respond as citizens?
2023-07-301h 08
New Books in American PoliticsPhil Klay, "Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War" (Penguin, 2022)When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself a part of the community of veterans who have no choice but to grapple with the meaning of their wartime experiences--for themselves and for the country. American identity has always been bound up in war--from the revolutionary war of our founding, to the civil war that ended slavery, to the two world wars that launched America as a superpower. What did the current wars say about who we are as a country, and how should we respond as citizens?
2023-07-301h 08
NBN Book of the DayPhil Klay, "Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War" (Penguin, 2022)When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself a part of the community of veterans who have no choice but to grapple with the meaning of their wartime experiences--for themselves and for the country. American identity has always been bound up in war--from the revolutionary war of our founding, to the civil war that ended slavery, to the two world wars that launched America as a superpower. What did the current wars say about who we are as a country, and how should we respond as citizens?
2023-07-301h 08
New Books in Military HistoryPhil Klay, "Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War" (Penguin, 2022)When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself a part of the community of veterans who have no choice but to grapple with the meaning of their wartime experiences--for themselves and for the country. American identity has always been bound up in war--from the revolutionary war of our founding, to the civil war that ended slavery, to the two world wars that launched America as a superpower. What did the current wars say about who we are as a country, and how should we respond as citizens?
2023-07-301h 08
New Books in Politics and PolemicsPhil Klay, "Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War" (Penguin, 2022)When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself a part of the community of veterans who have no choice but to grapple with the meaning of their wartime experiences--for themselves and for the country. American identity has always been bound up in war--from the revolutionary war of our founding, to the civil war that ended slavery, to the two world wars that launched America as a superpower. What did the current wars say about who we are as a country, and how should we respond as citizens?
2023-07-301h 08
War BooksAmerica's Modern Wars – Forever Wars & Citizenship – Phil KlayEp 030 – Nonfiction. What do America's modern wars say about us as a country, and how should we respond as citizens? Phil Klay joins me to discuss his incredible new book, "Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War."Support local bookstores & buy Phil’s book here: https://bookshop.org/a/92235/9780593299241Subscribe to the War Books podcast here:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@warbookspodcastApple: https://apple.co/3FP4ULbSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3kP9scZFollow the show here:
2023-07-261h 08
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinAuthor Phil Klay: Redeployment Host Marcia Franklin interviews Phil Klay, an author and veteran of the war in Iraq. Klay's first work, "Redeployment," won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2014. The 12 short stories in "Redeployment" draw on Klay's experiences as a U.S. Marine Corps Public Affairs Officer in the Anbar province of Iraq from 2007 to 2008. Franklin talks with Klay about why he wanted to write the book and how he developed the different voices in in his stories, which include a Mortuary Affairs...
2022-09-2529 min
Writer's BoneEpisode 547: Phil Klay & Elliot AckermanAuthors Phil Klay (Redeployment, Missionaries) and Elliot Ackerman (2034, Places and Names) join Daniel Ford to chat about their new books Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War and The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan, respectively. To learn more about Phil Klay, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter. Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 454. To learn more about Elliot Ackerman, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our previous interview with the author...
2022-09-1337 min
War Stories with Preston and Sayre209: Conversations About War with Phil Klay, Marine Veteran and Award Winning AuthorIn this episode, we are joined by Phil Klay. Phil Clay is a GWOT veteran of the Iraq war, having served as a Marine Corps officer from 2005-2009. Phil’s works, both as a veteran and writer, have been published throughout The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and the Brookings Institution's Brookings Essay series.
His short story collection Redeployment won the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics' Circle John Leonard Prize for best debut work in any genre, and was selected as one of...
2022-07-2258 min
The Hope TableGinger Ontiveros and Karen Suarez from Making Hope Happen Foundation & Uplift SB followed by Phil Klay and Dawn RaffelJune marks the first anniversary of the Uplift San Bernardino Radio Show and we are celebrating by re-airing the first interviews on the show. Ginger Ontiveros, Executive Director of Making Hope Happen Foundation, and Karen Suarez, Director of Uplift San Bernardino talk about its purpose and role in creating a renaissance in San Bernardino. Erin then sits down with Phil Klay about his new book Uncertain Ground. Phil Klay is the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment and Missionaries, an astonishing fever graph of the effects of twenty years of war in a brutally divided America.
2022-06-1557 min
Over The Wire PodcastPhil Klay on Citizenship in an Age of Endless Invisible War Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Phil Klay on Citizenship in an Age of Endless Invisible WarPub date: 2022-05-27Notes from Over The Wire Podcast:Discussing a number of topics, ranging from the concept of the citizen soldier, to a history of the AR-15. The guest talks about his experience as a public affairs officer in the Marine Corps, the way that America chooses to exercise its power, and the obligations of citizenship.Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization...
2022-06-1054 min
Q&APhil Klay, "Uncertain Ground"Iraq War veteran and National Book Award winning-author Phil Klay discusses his book of essays, titled "Uncertain Ground," about the impact of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on American society and the chasm between the less than one percent of citizens who serve in the military and the rest of the nation. He also talks about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, and other topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-06-061h 00
Book DreamsEp. 108 - Citizenship and an Age of Invisible War, with Phil KlayHow should we, as a country, execute our military power, and what role should we, as citizens, play in military policy? In what ways does our current engagement in modern warfare, as it has evolved during the war on terror, fall short of the ideal, and what’s the impact of that shortfall? What’s the connection between our deep polarization at home and the endless, invisible conflicts we’re mired in overseas? What does the conflict in Ukraine teach us about the power and significance of a clear and meaningful military mission, and about the inevitable tragedy of war? P...
2022-06-0233 minManifesto!Episode 43: Tradition and the Individual TalentJake and Phil discuss T.S. Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent", and James Joyce's "A Mother"
The Manifesto:
T.S. Eliot, "Tradition and the Individual Talent"
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69400/tradition-and-the-individual-talent
The Art:
James Joyce, "A Mother"
http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/963/
2022-05-281h 17
The Realignment245 | Phil Klay: Citizenship in an Age of Endless & Invisible WarsSUBSCRIBE & SUPPORT THE SHOW: realignment.supercast.comThis episode and our expanded coverage are made possible thanks to our Supercast subscribers. If you can, please support the show above.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comPhil Klay, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran and author of Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War, Missionaries, and Redeployment, joins The Realignment to discuss how veteran and non-veteran Americans should reckon with the War on Terror, what policies...
2022-05-2055 min
Ignite The Full Audiobook That Keeps Book-Lovers Hooked.Uncertain Ground by Phil KlayPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/37057to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Uncertain Ground
Author: Phil Klay
Narrator: Josh Casaubon
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 05-17-22
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 22 ratings
Genres: Essays
Publisher's Summary:
2022-05-177h 44
Stream Popular Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsUncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil KlayPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/543938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War Author: Phil Klay Narrator: Josh Casaubon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment and Missionaries, an astonishing fever graph of the effects of twenty years of war in a brutally divided America. When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself a part of the community of veterans who have no choice but to...
2022-05-1710 min
Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsUncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil KlayPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/543938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War Author: Phil Klay Narrator: Josh Casaubon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment and Missionaries, an astonishing fever graph of the effects of twenty years of war in a brutally divided America. When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself a part of the community of veterans who have no...
2022-05-1710 minMilitary Veterans PodcastEp 024: Capt Phil Klay - U.S. Marine Corps VeteranPhil joined the United States Marine Corps (USMC) during college in 2004 and commissioned as an officer in 2005. He served for 4 years as a Public Affairs Officer (PAO).In this episode he talks about going through Officer Candidate School, The Basic School (TBS) and the process of joining up. He also talks about becoming a PAO and the build up training for deployment, before heading out to Iraq.Phil goes on to share his time on deployment in Iraq, and his transition back to civilian life, where he has become a writer; releasing the award winning...
2022-05-101h 16
The Process with Jude BrewerSTORYBOUND: Phil Klay ReturnsPhil Klay reads his essay "The Citizen-Soldier: Moral Risk and the Modern Military," backed by an original Storybound remix with sound design and arrangement by Jude Brewer.Phil Klay is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. His short story collection, "Redeployment" won the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics' Circle John Leonard Prize for best debut work in any genre, and was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times. His nonfiction work won the George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize for Journalism, Arts & Letters in the...
2022-05-0347 minManifesto!Episode 42: The Transmogrifications of Gary LeibPhil is joined by Peter Catapano, of the New York Times, and graphic novelist Jess Ruliffson to discuss Peter's essay on the life and work of cartoonist Gary Leib
The Manifesto:
Peter Catapano, “I’m Going to Make a Fire”: The Transmogrifications of Gary Leib
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/im-going-to-make-a-fire-the-transmogrifications-of-gary-leib/
The Art:
Gary Leib's animation for The Stone
https://vimeo.com/148232540
Leib's animations for the Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/opinion/01leib_bio.html
Other:
Pre-order Peter's forthcoming book, Question Everything
https://wwnorton.com/bo...
2022-04-111h 09Manifesto!Episode 41: To Be IncarnationalJake and Phil are joined by the great poet Tom Sleigh to discuss his essay "To Be Incarnational," on the World War I poetry of David Jones, as well as Tom's poem "In Which a Spider Weaves a Web on My Computer Screen"
The Manifesto:
Tom Sleigh, To Be Incarnational
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/70066/to-be-incarnational
The Art:
Tom Sleigh, "In Which a Spider Weaves a Web on My Computer Screen"
https://vimeo.com/669317283
2022-03-051h 45
Veterans RadioMarine and Writer Phil Klay talks about PBS series American VeteranPhil Klay, a Marine, noted author, and commentator, is the host of the PBS special AMERICAN VETERAN. A four-part documentary series tracing the veteran experience across the arc of American history and exploring the present-day divide between civilian and veteran communities. From the citizen-soldiers returning from the Revolution to today’s warrior class, it is a deeply moving story, illuminating the veteran experience and drawing civilian viewers into an unfamiliar culture.
Phil talks about his reason for joining up, MOS, time in Iraq, his book "Redeployment" and novel "Missionaries" with host Jim Fausone.
2022-03-0136 minManifesto!Episode 40: Flannery O'Connor versus Andre Dubus IIJake and Phil (finally) discuss Flannery O'Connor's Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction, alongside Andre Dubus II's short story Killings
The Manifesto:
Flannery O'Connor, Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction
https://bscc.instructure.com/courses/4608/files/434937/download?download_frd=1
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMrveIu0DdE
The Art:
Andre Dubus II, Killings
https://www.uww.edu/documents/library/ersearch/er/moore_g/moore_101/dubuskillings_101_moore.pdf
2022-02-041h 28Manifesto!Episode 39: What Jazz Is and Isn'tJake and Phil are joined by jazz pianist and composer Ethan Iverson to discuss Wynton Marsalis' "What Jazz Is—and Isn't", as well as Marsalis' 1985 album J Mood.
The Manifesto:
Wynton Marsalis - "What Jazz Is—and Isn't",
https://wyntonmarsalis.org/news/entry/music-what-jazz-is-and-isnt
The Art:
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PerIfsVGl_0
Ethan Iverson's website:
https://ethaniverson.com/
The track played of Ethan's in the middle of the podcast is The Eternal Verities, off his upcoming album Every Note is True...
2022-01-061h 32
Team Never QuitPhil Klay: Marine Veteran, Award-Winning Author of Redeployment, Host of American Veteran: Unforgettable Stories PodcastEveryone has a story to tell, but in the case of this week’s guest, Phil Klay has the inherent gift of conveying his collection of insights and perspectives in short story form. His writings bring deeper meaning to life as they engage a broad audience. Phil is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and his short story collection Redeployment has won multiple national book awards.
Listen in as he joins Marcus & Morgan to tell of his military and personal life experiences.
In this episode you will hear:
• I’ve always believed in public service.
• National...
2021-12-2252 min
The History of Literature366 Evelyn Waugh (with Phil Klay)The English novelist Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was regarded by many as the most brilliant satirical novelist of his time. A self-proclaimed curmudgeon, for whom the Conservative Party was not conservative enough, Waugh converted to Catholicism in his twenties and never looked back. He resisted change in all areas of life, expressing the opinion that he wished he had been born two or three centuries earlier. At his best, he was darkly funny, using his misanthropy like a bright light to illuminate cracks and flaws in society's foundations, and using his pointed wit to skewer anyone and everyone he encountered...
2021-12-131h 14
Where We LiveAuthor Phil Klay shines a spotlight on modern warfarePhil Klay's works of fiction and nonfiction have confronted the sometimes dissonant or disconnected public understanding about how America’s wars are waged — and its veterans. The Fairfield University MFA professor and Marine Corps veteran joins Where We Live to reflect on how some public perceptions have shifted in recent months. Klay revisits his debut book, Redeployment, and touches on his latest book, Missionaries. How much do we really know about America's military missions overseas? GUESTS: Phil Klay - Author and Fairfield University MFA Professor of Creative Writing Click here to read an excerpt f...
2021-11-1149 minManifesto!Episode 38: My Quarrel with Authentic ReactionariesJake and Phil are joined by Joseph Keegin to discuss Nicolás Gómez Dávila‘s “The Authentic Reactionary,” and Chaim Grade’s classic of Yiddish literature: “My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner”
The Manifesto:
Nicolás Gómez Dávila‘s “The Authentic Reactionary”
https://isi.org/modern-age/the-authentic-reactionary/
The Art:
Chaim Grade’s “My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner”
https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/arts-culture/2020/12/my-quarrel-with-hersh-rasseyner/
2021-11-101h 44
WNET UP NextWNET Up Next Welcomes Veteran & Author Phil KlayIn association with GBH‘s major multiplatform initiative “American Veteran,” WNET Up Next interviews author and Marine Corps veteran Phil Klay who is featured in the broadcast documentary, and is host of the podcast series “American Veteran: Unforgettable Stories” whose nine episodes are now being released on Apple Podcasts and Spotify on Tuesdays through December 14th. Klay, who served as a Public Affairs Officer in Iraq is the author of several books including the 2014 National Book Award winning “Redeployment” and 2020’s “Missionaries,” recently released in paperback. A collection of his essays is slated for publication in the spring of 2022.
The four episod...
2021-10-2222 minThe WNET GroupWNET Up Next Welcomes Veteran & Author Phil KlayIn association with GBH‘s major multiplatform initiative “American Veteran,” WNET Up Next interviews author and Marine Corps veteran Phil Klay who is featured in the broadcast documentary, and is host of the podcast series “American Veteran: Unforgettable Stories” whose nine episodes are now being released on Apple Podcasts and Spotify on Tuesdays through December 14th. Klay, who served as a Public Affairs Officer in Iraq is the author of several books including the 2014 National Book Award winning “Redeployment” and 2020’s “Missionaries,” recently released in paperback. A collection of his essays is slated for publication in the spring of 2022.
The four episod...
2021-10-2222 minManifesto!Episode 37: Humane WarPhil is joined by Samuel Moyn to discuss his new book, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, alongside Kathe Kollwitz's The Survivors
The Manifesto:
Samuel Moyn - Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374173708/humane
The Art:
Kathe Kollwitz, The Survivors
https://aestronauts.com/post/114048762630/kathe-kollwitz-the-survivors
2021-10-071h 05Manifesto!Episode 36: The Simple Art of MurderJake and Phil discuss Raymond Chandler's The Simple Art of Murder, alongside Ross MacDonald's novel Black Money.
The Manifesto:
http://jacksharman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Raymond-Chandler-Simple-Art-of-Murder.pdf
The Art:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/105230/black-money-by-ross-macdonald/
2021-09-151h 12
The Colophon7. Phil KlayPhil Klay, National Book Award Winner and Iraq War Veteran, and Colonel David Harper sit down with us to discuss our publication of Klay's story Ten Kliks South in collaboration with the Thornwillow West Point Fellows. While we reflect on the nature of modern warfare, we also remember the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the conflicts that followed. Support the show
2021-09-131h 21Manifesto!Episode 35: Did You Kill Anyone?Jake and Phil are joined by Scott Beauchamp to discuss his new book, Did You Kill Anyone? Reunderstanding My Military Experience as a Critique of Modern Culture, and Alistair Macleod's "The Closing Down of Summer"
The Manifesto:
Scott Beauchamp, Did You Kill Anyone? Reunderstanding My Military Experience as a Critique of Modern Culture
Read an excerpt: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/did-you-kill-anyone
The Art:
Alistair Macleod, "The Closing Down of Summer"
https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393341188
2021-07-171h 22Manifesto!Episode 34: Fratelli Tutti and FairviewA special live episode of Manifesto! A Podcast courtesy of Fairfield University's Inspired Writers Series. Jake and Phil are joined by Vinson Cunningham, a theater critic and staff writer at the New Yorker, to discuss Pope Francis' Fratelli Tutti and Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview.
The Manifesto:
Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti
http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html
Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/jackie-sibblies-drury
Other work referenced:
Vinson Cunningham, Many and One
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/many-and-one-0
2021-05-191h 17
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al HuntJim Gerstein & Phil KlayWith troops due to come out of Afghanistan, James and Al welcome veteran and author Phil Klay and pollster Jim Gerstein to discuss the state of world affairs and when we should be going to war. How are things looking in the Middle East 20 years on? Are we leaving too soon, or is it time to focus our attention here at home where we have enough problems? EMAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO JAMES AND AL AT POLITICSWARROOM@GMAIL.COM OR TWEET THEM TO @POLITICON. MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR CITY, WE LOVE TO HEAR WHERE YOU’RE FROM!Get Mo...
2021-04-221h 33Manifesto!Episode 33: The Dream of Meritocracy Produces MonstersPhil is joined by Eugene McCarraher, Professor of the Humanities and History at Villanova University, to discuss his article "A Providentialism Without God: The Case Against Meritocracy" as well as Goya's "The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters"
The Manifesto:
Eugene McCarraher, "A Providentialism Without God: The Case Against Meritocracy"
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/providentialism-without-god
The Art:
Goya, "The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters#/media/File:Francisco_Jos%C3%A9_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_-_The_sleep_of_reason_produces_monsters...
2021-04-131h 29Manifesto!Episode 32: Repressive Tolerance and The JudgementJake and Phil are joined by Geoff Shullenberg of Outsider Theory to discuss Herbert Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance" and Franz Kafka's "The Judgement".
The Manifesto:
Herbert Marcuse, "Repressive Tolerance"
https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/publications/1960s/1965-repressive-tolerance-fulltext.html
The Art:
Franz Kafka, "The Judgement"
https://www.kafka-online.info/-the-judgement.html
2021-03-162h 07
The Greenlight Bookstore PodcastEpisode QS41: Daniel Loedel + Phil Klay (March 11, 2021)Bloomsbury editor Daniel Loedel launches his debut novel Hades, Argentina with a resonant conversation with National Book Award-winning novelist Phil Klay. Set during Argentina's Dirty War and partially based on Loedel's family history, the book serves as a starting place for conversation about the ethics of representing traumatic historical events in writing, how morally ambiguous characters challenge and unsettle our view of the world, and love in times of war. (Recorded January 13, 2021)
2021-03-111h 02Manifesto!Episode 31: Everything is BrokenJake and Phil are joined by Alana Newhouse to discuss her essay “Everything Is Broken” and the Ani DiFranco live album “Living in Clip.”
The Manifesto:
Alana Newhouse, Everything is Broken
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/everything-is-broken
The Art:
Ani DiFranco, Living in Clip
https://anidifranco.bandcamp.com/album/living-in-clip
Works Mentioned:
Eugene McCarraher, Comrade Ruskin - How a Victorian visionary can save communism from Marx
https://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/comrade-ruskin
Rowan Williams – Interiority and Epiphany
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu...
2021-02-121h 53Manifesto!Episode 30: King Lear or Endgame or PsalmJake and Phil discuss Jan Kott's "King Lear or Endgame" and George Oppen's "Psalm."
The Manifesto:
Jan Kott, "King Lear or Endgame"
https://t.co/L9FRGoRD3L?amp=1
The Art:
George Oppen's "Psalm"
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/29449/psalm-56d212ff620c5
2021-01-041h 14
The WBT PodcastThe Murder and Missionaries, feat. Phil KlayWrath-Bearing Tree co-editors Adrian Bonenberger and Andria Williams are joined by National Book award winner Phil Klay to talk about his new book, Missionaries, and Anton Chekhov's short fiction story "The Murder."
2020-12-2152 min
Writing F(r)iction#19 - Phil KlayPhil Klay is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. His short story collection Redeployment won the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics' Circle John Leonard Prize for best debut work in any genre. His debut novel Missionaries is out now.
2020-12-191h 09Manifesto!Episode 29: What Were We ThinkingJake and Phil are joined by Carlos Lozada to discuss his new book, What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era, and the chapter "Decent People" from Garth Greenwell's Cleanness.
The Manifesto:
Carlos Lozada, What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/What-Were-We-Thinking/Carlos-Lozada/9781982145620
The Art:
Garth Greenwell, "Decent People"
https://thesewaneereview.com/articles/decent-people
2020-12-032h 02
Phil and the MicEpisode 28: Phil the Maitre DNo baseball=No shower? Darrin doesn’t have COVID, Cuomo, Whitmer, shutdowns continue, big CFB spreads for games actually scheduled to play, Can Phil’s Pick 6 hot streak continue? MJ worst drafter ever, Klay out another season, Obama’s memoir out today, Bobby Brown is cursed.
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2020-11-201h 11
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life446: Phil Klay!The fiction writer and veteran Phil Klay and I discuss finding the right form for a novel, war literature, the uplift of humor, and winning the National Book Award.
2020-11-1448 min
Writer's BoneEpisode 454: Phil Klay, Author of MissionariesPhil Klay, National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment, joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his novel Missionaries. This week, we debuted a new theme song and revamped our website and color schemes. We thought it was a good time to share with our listeners our basic principles. To learn more about Phil Klay, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter. Missionaries was featured in October's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.
2020-11-1027 min
Book Public'Missionares': Phil Klay's Novel Shows The Far-Reaching Effects Of Modern Wars"Missionares": Phil Klay's Novel Shows The Far-Reaching Effects Of Modern Wars
2020-10-0930 min
The Avid Reader ShowMissionaries. Phil KlayA group of Colombian soldiers prepares to raid a drug lord's safe house on the Venezuelan border. They're watching him with an American-made drone, about to strike using military tactics taught to them by U.S. soldiers who honed their skills to lethal perfection in Iraq. In Missionaries, Phil Klay examines the globalization of violence through the interlocking stories of four characters and the conflicts that define their lives.For Mason, a U.S. Army Special Forces medic, and Lisette, a foreign correspondent, America's long post-9/11 wars in the Middle East exerted a terrible draw that neither is...
2020-10-0757 minManifesto!Episode 28: They Will Eat the CIA Men FirstThis week Jake and Phil are joined by special guest Jesse Walker of Reason Magazine to discuss William S. Burroughs The Revised Boy Scout Manual and Charles Ridley's short anti-Nazi propaganda film, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats')
The Manifesto: William S. Burroughs, The Revised Boy Scout Manual
https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814254899.html
The Art: Charles Ridley, 1941, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdmk3GP3iM
Works discussed
Jesse Walker, The Sultan of Sewers: Will...
2020-09-291h 40
The Process with Jude BrewerSTORYBOUND: Phil KlayPhil Klay reads an excerpt from his forthcoming novel "Missionaries," with sound design and music composition from Tim Karplus.Phil Klay is a veteran of the US Marine Corps. His short story collection Redeployment won the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. He currently teaches fiction at Fairfield University.Tim Karplus has been working as a professional musical jack-of-all-trades in Portland, Oregon for the last 9 years. When he's not playing guitar, bass, drums or keyboards with...
2020-09-1542 minManifesto!Episode 27: The Owl of Minerva Trots at DuskPhil and Jake are joined by Ian Marcus Corbin to discuss Joseph Conrad's Preface and Saul Bellow's "Mosby's Memoirs"
The Manifesto:
Conrad, The Preface
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17731/17731-h/17731-h.htm#link2H_PREF
The Art:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1968/07/20/mosbys-memoirs
2020-08-132h 01Manifesto!Episode 26: On Pain and on Fallujah RevisitedJake and Phil are joined by Elliot Ackerman to discuss Ernst Junger’s 1934 essay On Pain, alongside Elliot’s A Battle in Fallujah, Revisited, an excerpt of his memoir, Places and Names.
The Manifesto
Ernst Junger, On Pain
https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Ernst-J%C3%BCnger/dp/0914386409
The Art
Elliot Ackerman, A Battle in Fallujah, Revisted
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/opinion/memorial-day-falluja.html
(adapted from Places and Names)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/580119/places-and-names-by-elliot-ackerman/
Works cited
Junger, Storm of Steel
Junger, Battle as an Inne...
2020-07-061h 32Manifesto!Episode 25: The PlagueJake and Phil are joined by Paul Berman to discuss The Plague, by Albert Camus.
The Manifesto:
Albert Camus, The Plague (the second half of Part II)
The Art:
Albert Camus, The Plague (the second half of Part II)
Works Discussed
Paul Berman, "Modern Times"
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/paul-berman-modern-times-1
Paul Berman, Terror and Liberalism
https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393325553
Albert Camus, The Rebel
Iris Murdoch, "The Existentialist Hero"
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/330442/existentialists-and-mystics-by-iris-murdoch/
Dostoevsky...
2020-06-061h 40
Catholic BaltimoreMay 31, 2020 | New York Times Bestselling Author Phil Klay; Joyce CoronelWe're joined by Phil Klay, New York Times bestselling author of "Redeployment" and a product of Jesuit education, to discuss writing about war. Later in the show, Joyce Coronel discusses resilience during the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-06-0127 min
Catholic BaltimoreMay 31, 2020 | New York Times Bestselling Author Phil Klay; Joyce CoronelWe're joined by Phil Klay, New York Times bestselling author of "Redeployment" and a product of Jesuit education, to discuss writing about war. Later in the show, Joyce Coronel discusses resilience during the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-06-0127 minManifesto!Episode 24: Vietnam Means Never Having to Say You're SorryJake and Phil are joined by novelist, essayist, and Penthouse Magazine national security columnist Matt Gallagher to discuss Gustav Hasford’s June 1987 article in Penthouse Magazine, Vietnam Means Never Having to Say Your Sorry. Due to coronavirus-related time constraints (we all have children who need minding), we are departing from our usual format and will just be discussing the manifesto.
The Manifesto:
Gustaf Hasford, Vietnam Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
http://gustavhasford.blogspot.com/2013/01/vietnam-means-never-having-to-say-youre.html
The Art:
Rambo, I guess?
Works mentioned:
Matt Gallagher and...
2020-04-2055 minManifesto!Episode 22: Reluctant ProphetsJake and Phil are joined by novelist Daniel Torday to discuss Robert Alter's “A Literary Approach to the Bible,” alongside The Book of Jonah.
The Manifesto:
Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to the Bible,” from The Art of Biblical Narrative
https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/robert-alter/the-art-of-biblical-narrative/9780465022557/
The Art:
The Book of Jonah
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+1&version=KJV
Works cited:
Amy Hungerford, Postmodern Belief: American Literature and Religion Since 1960
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691145754/postmodern-belief
Genesis 38, Judah and Tamar
http...
2020-03-041h 29Manifesto!Episode 21: Class War and AudenPhil is out today, so Jake talks with Michael Lind about his book, The New Class War, as well as Auden's The Fall of Rome
Manifesto:
Michael Lind, The New Class War
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607661/the-new-class-war-by-michael-lind/
Art:
Auden, The Fall of Rome
https://poets.org/poem/fall-rome
Works mentioned:
Dustin Guastella, White collar populism
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/white-collar-populism/
Zach Goldberg, America's White Saviors
https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/284875/americas-white-saviors
Auden, Lullaby
https://poets.org/poem/lullaby-0
2020-02-171h 33
Thank You For Your ServicePhil Klay on "The Soldiers We Leave Behind"What does it mean to be an American? Phil Klay, a former Marine and critically acclaimed writer, returns to the podcast to discuss the connection between military service, citizenship, and “Americanness.” Elaborating on his November 2019 New York Times essay “The Soldiers We Leave Behind,” Phil recounts the story of the World War I “Melting Pot” division, and one of their leaders, Charles Whittlesey. He also describes the harrowing experiences of Black veterans after both world wars, and he connects these narratives to the stories of two Iraqi nationals – Ali and Ted – who, in recognition for serving alon...
2020-01-2233 minManifesto!Episode 19: Stuckists and BebopJake and Phil are joined by Alex Brook Lynn to discuss the Stuckists’ Manifesto and Julio Cortázar’s The Pursuer
Manifesto:
The Stuckists Manifesto
http://www.stuckism.com/stuckistmanifesto.html#manifest
Art:
Julio Cortázar, The Pursuer
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/32198/blow-up-by-julio-cortazar/
References:
Jakes’s sartorial splendor
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1otkYalkBM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
The Stuckists, “An Open Letter to Sir Nicolas Serota”
https://www.stuckism.com/serotaletter.html
Jonathan Jones, "The Stuckists Are Enemies of A...
2019-12-161h 43Manifesto!Episode 18: Omni-Americans and Unlearning RaceJake and Phil are joined by Thomas Chatterton Williams to discuss Albert Murray’s The Omni-Americans and Thomas’ new memoir, Self-Portrait in Black and White
Manifesto:
Albert Murray, The Omni-Americans
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/543160/the-omni-americans-by-albert-murray--with-a-foreword-by-henry-louis-gates-jr/
Art:
Thomas Chatterton Williams, Self-Portrait in Black and White
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/617884/self-portrait-in-black-and-white-by-thomas-chatterton-williams/9780393608861
References:
Stanley Crouch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Crouch
Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray, Trading Twelves
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/46140/trading-twelves-by-edited-by-albert-murray-and-john-f-callahan-preface-by-albert-murray-introduction-by-john-f-callahan/
Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
http://www.rand...
2019-10-162h 33Manifesto!Episode 17: The Unabomber and OK ComputerJake and Phil talk with Jake Hanrahan of Popular Front (https://www.popularfront.co/) about Ted Kaczynski’s Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and It’s Future and Radiohead’s OK Computer.
The Manifesto:
Ted Kaczynski, “Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and It’s Future”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm
The Art:
Radiohead, OK Computer
Works Referenced:
Matt Taibbi, “The American Left’s Silly Victim Complex”
http://theneweditor.com/index.php?/archives/6352-The-American-Lefts-Silly-Victim-Complex.html
Heidegger, “The Question Concerning Technology”
https://monoskop.o...
2019-09-051h 33Manifesto!Episode 16: Walcott's New Adam and Gallant's LatehomecomingJake and Phil are joined by essayist and fiction-writer Victoria Brown of Rollins College to discuss Derek Walcott’s The Muse of History alongside Mavis Gallant’s The Latehomecomer
The Manifesto:
Derek Walcott, The Muse of History
http://www.worldcat.org/title/what-the-twilight-says-essays/oclc/38976188&referer=brief_results
The Art:
Mavis Gallant, “The Latehomecomer”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/07/08/the-latehomecomer
Works Cited:
Derek Walcott, “Bleecker Street, Summer”
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57109/bleecker-street-summer
Derek Walcott, “Hic Jacet”
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374537579
Derek Walcott, “...
2019-08-011h 47Manifesto!Episode 15: Dadism and Public EnemyJake and Phil discuss Hugo Ball's 1916 Dada Manifesto, as well as Public Enemy's 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.
The Manifesto:
Hugo Ball, Dada Manifesto
https://t.co/ZpW3qN32KO
The Art:
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Works Referenced:
Photo of Hugo Ball in his costume at the Cabaret Voltaire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Ball#/media/File:Hugo_Ball_Cabaret_Voltaire.jpg
Hugo Ball, Karawane
https://poets.org/poem...
2019-07-031h 41Manifesto!Episode 14: New Conservative Manifestos and My Father Left Me IrelandA new episode of Manifesto! A Podcast with special guest Michael Brendan Dougherty
Jake, Phil and Michael discuss three new conservative manifestos and Michael’s memoir, My Father Left Me Ireland.
The Manifestos:
First Things, Against the Dead Consensus https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/03/against-the-dead-consensus
Gladden Pappin, Toward a Party of the State https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/02/toward-a-party-of-the-state/
Daniel McCarthy, A New Conservative Agenda https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/03/a-new-conservative-agenda
The Art:
Michael Brendan Dougherty, My Father Left Me Ireland https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591812/my-father-left-me-ireland-by-michael-brendan-dougherty/9780525538653/
Works:
Tim Ca...
2019-06-042h 30
Thank You For Your ServicePhil Klay on America's Moral Contract With Its ServicemembersAfter serving as a Marine Corps public affairs officer in Iraq, Phil Klay won the 2014 National Book Award for Redeployment, his collection of short stories about the war. Widely recognized as one of the best writers of his generation, Phil has also published essays on the military and society in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, TIME, and many other outlets. In this episode, Phil joins the podcast for a discussion of his previous writing, the moral contract between America and its soldiers, and his upcoming novel.In the opening clip, Phil reads from his...
2019-05-1448 minManifesto!Episode 13: Personism and Ellen WestJake and Phil discuss America's greatest poets named Frank, with Frank O’Hara’s "Personism Manifesto" and Frank Bidart’s “Ellen West”
Frank O’Hara, “Personism”
http://opencourses.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/ENL9/Instructional%20Package/Texts//Readings/Week%203%3A%20Pop%20art%3A%20breaking%20down%20the%20boundaries%20between%20high%20and%20low/Frank%20O%27Hara%20Personism-2.pdf
Reuben Brower, The Fields of Light
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_fields_of_light.html?id=AuhYAAAAMAAJ
Kenneth Koch, “Fresh Air”
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52929/fresh-air
Daniel Clowes, Art School Confident...
2019-05-061h 28Manifesto!Episode 12: Accelerationism and Big Sex Object MirrorfacesJake and Phil discuss several accelerationist manifestos along with the video American Reflexxx, by Alli Coates and Signe Pierce.
Works referenced:
Nick Land, A Quick and Dirty Introduction to Accelerationism
https://jacobitemag.com/2017/05/25/a-quick-and-dirty-introduction-to-accelerationism/
Joseph Lawrence, “A Fable”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/25/a-fable-poems-lawrence-joseph
Lewis Thomas, “On Societies as Organisms”
https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM197107082850207
Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek, #accelerate Manifesto
http://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerate-manifesto-for-an-accelerationist-politics/
William James, “The Will to Believe”
https://www.mnsu.edu/philosophy/THEWILLTOBELIEVEbyJames.pdf
Ethan Kaps...
2019-02-281h 33Manifesto!Episode 11: The Modern Essay and the Decline of CivilizationPark MacDougald joins Phil and Jake to discuss Virginia Woolf’s “The Modern Essay” and VS Naipaul’s “Jacques Soustelle and the Decline of the West.”
Works referenced:
Virginia Woolf, “The Modern Essay” “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown”
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-modern-essay-by-virginia-woolf-1690207
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/MrBennettAndMrsBrown.pdf
Max Beerbohm, “A Relic,” “Laughter”
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1956/1956-h/1956-h.htm#link2H_4_0001
Daniel Clowes
http://www.fantagraphics.com/artists/daniel-clowes/#/category/967
Eliot Weinberger, An Elemental Thing
https://www.ndbooks.com/book/an-elemental-thing/
A...
2019-01-051h 48Manifesto!Episode 10: Violence according to Hannah Arendt and Frank MillerJake and Phil discuss Hannah Arendt's "Reflections on Violence" and Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns."
Works referenced
Hannah Arendt, “Reflections on Violence”
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1969/02/27/a-special-supplement-reflections-on-violence/
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (with introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre)
http://home.ku.edu.tr/~mbaker/CSHS503/FrantzFanon.pdf
Albert Camus, “Camus at ‘Combat’”
https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8020.html
Martin van Creveld, “The Transformation of War”
http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Transformation-of-War/Martin-Van-Creveld/9780029331552
Francis Fukuyama, “The Origins of Political Order”
https://us.macmillan...
2018-12-061h 23Manifesto!Episode 9: The Oulipo and the Naked CityJake and Phil are joined by Olivia Garard (@teaandtactics) of The Strategy Bridge (https://thestrategybridge.org/editorial-team/2016/8/16/olivia-a-garard) to discuss Oulipo member Anne Garréta's "On Bookselves" and Guy Debord’s “The Naked City”
Works cited:
R.O. Kwon, In Defense of Keeping Books Spine In
https://lithub.com/in-defense-of-keeping-books-spine-in/
Anne Garréta, On Bookselves
http://oulipo.net/fr/on-bookselves
Wittgenstein's private language argument
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/private-language/
Borges, The Library of Babel
https://libraryofbabel.info/libraryofbabel.html
Daniel Dennett, Intuition Pumps an...
2018-11-081h 28Manifesto!Episode 8: Resentments, Justice, and the Sins of the FatherJake and Phil overcome audio difficulties to discuss Jean Amery's "Resentments" and Andre Dubus II's short story "A Father's Story."
Works cited:
Jean Amery, At the Mind’s Limits
https://rosswolfe.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/jean-amery-at-the-minds-limits-contemplations-by-a-survivor-on-auschwitz-and-its-realities.pdf
Camus on Scheller’s definition of resentment: The Rebel
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/23475/the-rebel-by-albert-camus/9780679733843
Portraits of Reconciliation
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/06/magazine/06-pieter-hugo-rwanda-portraits.html
Rwanda and the NY Times
https://africasacountry.com/2014/04/rwanda-the-genocide-must-live-on
Derrida, ‘To Forgive: The Unforgivable and the Imprescriptible’
https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules...
2018-10-101h 28Manifesto!Episode 7: Patriotism and the Unknown SoldierJake and Phil discuss Alasdair MacIntyre's "Is Patriotism a Virtue?" and the story of the November 11, 1921 burial of the Unknown Soldier, as told by Jonathan Ebel in his book GI Messiahs
Works referred to in this episode:
Alasdair MacIntyre, “Is Patriotism A Virtue”
https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/12398/Is%20Patriotism%20a%20Virtue-1984.pdf
Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl, Hayy ibn Yaqzan
http://www.marcresource.org/ibn-tufayls-hayy-ibn-yaqzan/
Peter Singer, “The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle”
https://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/199704--.htm
Bernard Williams, “A Critique o...
2018-09-101h 39Manifesto!Episode 6: Revolution, Entropy, and Abstract ArtJake and Phil side with the madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and skeptics on this episode, discussing Yevgeny Zamyatin's “On Literature, Revolution, Entropy, and Other Matters,” alongside the paintings Composition VI and Composition VII, by Vasily Kandinsky.
Works referenced in Episode 6
Yevgeny Zamyatin, “On Literature, Revolution, Entropy, and Other Matters”
http://evildrclam.blogspot.com/2008/11/on-literature-revolution-entropy-and.html
Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/17201/we/
Alistair Hamilton, The Appeal of Fascism
https://www.amazon.com/Appeal-Fascism-Study-Intellectuals-1919-45/dp/0218514263/
Isaiah Berlin, Russian Thinkers
https://www.penguin...
2018-08-071h 20Manifesto!Episode 5: Everybody's Protest Novel and the Responsibilities of ArtJake and Phil talk about the political and social obligations of art. To set the stage they discuss W.E.B. Du Bois' "Criteria for Negro Art" originally delivered as a speech to the 1926 Conference of the NAACP in Chicago. The main event is a consideration of James Baldwin's famous 1949 essay "Everybody's Protest Novel." For the finale, the gents
talk about James Thurber's 1931 short story, "The Greatest Man in the World."
Other works referenced in this episode:
Paul C. Taylor, Black is Beautiful: A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics
https://www.wiley.com/en-us...
2018-07-101h 29
What a Hell of a Way to DadHow to Avoid Getting Killed by America (With Phil Klay)This week, the fire team brings interviews Phil Klay about his article in the Atlantic tackling what exactly it is we're supposed to be telling troops when we send them to the desert year after year to fight a war no one cares about. Read Phil's work here Extended show notes here In this week's bonus episode, Nate speaks with former Canadian Air Force officer Alex Fisher about recent hijinks at the Royal Military College, what it's like to serve in the Canadian armed forces, and how weird and insane the American military...
2018-04-181h 06
Writers Who Don't WritePhil KlayPhil Klay is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in Iraq’s Anbar Province from January 2007 to February 2008 as a Public Affairs Officer. After being discharged he went to Hunter College and received an MFA. His story “Redeployment” was originally published in Granta and is included in Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Granta, Tin House, and elsewhere. Oh, and in 2014 Klay’s short story collection Redeployment won the National Book Award fo...
2017-01-111h 12
The Brookings CafeteriaPhil Klay on the citizen-soldierIn this podcast, award-winning author and veteran Phil Klay discusses how his experience as a Marine Corps officer in Iraq informed his short-story collection Redeployment, which won the National Book Award in 2014; and also talks about the themes he explores in the new Brookings Essay, "The citizen-soldier: Moral risk and the modern military." "Most people sign up with the hope of being part of an institution that is doing something good in the world," Klay says, and that "they will be putting their shoulders to the wheel along with a lot of other people by advancing the...
2016-06-0343 min
NICKSAV Film & Music SHOWNational Book Award Winner: Redeployment with Author & Marine Phil KlayPhil Klay's book Redeployment was awarded the 2014 National Book Award for fiction. In the style of The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien's Vietnam-war classic, Redeployment is a compilation of stories told from various perspectives of American soldiers involved in the Iraq war. Phil is a Marine Captain who served in Iraq's Anbar province from January 2007 […] The post On Redeployment & War Stories with Phil Klay, Writer & Marine appeared first on The nsavides Podcast | filmmaking | music | cinematography | writing.
2015-05-241h 07
Aspen Ideas to Go"Redeployment" author Phil KlayWinner of the 2014 National Book Award, "Redeployment" takes readers to the front lines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Author Phil Klay reads from and discusses this collection of short stories, which asks readers to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven are themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival as the characters in these stories struggle to make meaning out of the chaos.
NOTE: Contains graphic scenes that may not be suitable for everyone.
2015-05-111h 13
Aspen Ideas to Go"Redeployment" author Phil KlayWinner of the 2014 National Book Award, "Redeployment" takes readers to the front lines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Author Phil Klay reads from and discusses this collection of short stories which asks readers to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven are themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival. the characters in these stories struggle to make meaning out of the chaos. NOTE: Contains graphic scenes that may not be suitable for everyone.
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2015-05-111h 13
CUNY TV's City TalkPhil Klay, Author, National Book Award Winner "Redeployment"Phil Klay, National Book Award winner, reads from his book, "Redeployment," 12 short stories about soldiers and their experiences in Iraq during the surge in 2007-2008. Praised by President Obama and critically acclaimed, "Redeployment" is a must read.
2015-02-2500 min
The Greenlight Bookstore PodcastEpisode 1: Colum McCann + Phil Klay (May 19, 2014)In our debut episode: Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin) in conversation with Phil Klay (Redeployment) about writing, war, and the shifting sands between fiction and reality. Also - reviews of The Vacationers by Emma Straub and Ideas of Heaven by Joan Silber, and new releases for early July 2014.Find all the titles discussed in this episode at greenlightbookstore.com/radio1 (www.greenlightbookstore.com/radio1)
2014-06-2853 min
The Avid Reader ShowPhil Klay author of RedeploymentPhil Klay's Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven with themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival, the characters in these stories struggle to make meaning out of chaos.The Avid Reader show is sponsored by Wellington Square Bookshop in Exton, PA. www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com and is aired every Monday at 5PM EST on WCHE 1520 AM.
2014-04-2058 min
PW InsiderPW Radio 62: Phil KlayPhil Klay discusses his new short story collection, "Redeployment." PW senior writer Andrew Albanese provides a preview of the upcoming London Book Fair.
2014-03-2127 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Westerns & WarRedeployment: National Book Award Winner by Phil KlayPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Redeployment: National Book Award Winner Author: Phil Klay Narrator: Craig Klein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction 'Redeployment is hilarious, biting, whipsawing and sad. It’s the best thing written so far on what the war did to people’s souls.” —Dexter Filkins, The New York Times Book Review Selected as one of the best books of the year by The New York...
2014-03-0405 min