The Yellow Birds M. T. Anderson and the place they call

and the place they call the Drowning Pool

but more importantly

and a spinster

Full of dry wit

Greene travelled to Haiti during the nightmare rule of Papa Doc

The Yellow Birds M. T. Anderson and the place they callAn unforgettable depiction of the psychological impact of war, by a young Iraq veteran and poet, THE YELLOW BIRDS is already being hailed as a modern classic. Everywhere John looks, he sees Murph. He flinches when cars drive past. His fingers clasp around the rifle he hasn't held for months. Wide eyed strangers praise him as a hero, but he can feel himself disappearing. Back home after a year in Iraq, memories swarm around him: bodies burning in the