God Bless: A Political/Poetic Discourse by H. L. Hix
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God Bless: A Political/Poetic Discourse by H. L. Hix
In poems at once playful and grave, H. L. Hix pits excerpts from the speeches of George W. Bush against arguments from Osama bin Laden in a poetic dialogue embracing politics, literature, language, and culture. Reframing Beltway sound-bites and Islamic fundamentalist rhetoric, God Bless delves into the minds of two men whose intransigence has had global consequences.
To break the stalemate, this original sequence of poems plucks the antagonists from their bunkers in Oval Office and Afghani cave and presents them, for the first time, face to face. Hix then opens the conversation to a diverse panel of experts, including the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations, CNN’s terrorism analyst, distinguished professors of Arabic and Islamic studies, and other prominent writers and authorities, who shed light on the issues raised by the poems.
“[H. L. Hix is] one of the most distinctive writers of our time.”—David Mason, The Hudson Review
H. L. Hix teaches at the University of Wyoming and lives in Laramie.
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