Shortly Thereafter
Halloran, Colin
Main Street Rag (2012)
In Collection
#5481
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Poet
Softcover 9781599483832
A memoir in verse documenting his experiences on the front lines of Afghanistan, and the impact they had on his return to civilian life, Shortly Thereafter is the winner of the 2012 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award and was named a Massachusetts Must-Read Book of 2013.
Product Details
Edition inscribed by author
Nationality American
Pub Place Charlotte, NC
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Read It Yes
User Defined
Conflict Afghanistan
Notes
Inscribed by author dated 6.6.14, "For Dean and the readers of the war poetry library. With gratitude for sharing in our words and stories"

Colin D. Halloran served with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan in 2006 and has recently completed a volume of poetry reflecting on his war experience. A former public school teacher, Colin now spends his days at universities and high schools around the Northeast, working with students and teachers to incorporate literature into the history classroom and looking at the ways in which poetry can inform the media's and historians' portrayals of war. Colin has spoken at the Veterans' Voices Writing Conference at Western Connecticut State University, the 2011 Connecticut Council for the Social Studies Conference, and will be speaking at AWP 2012. He lives outside of Albany, NY and is currently editor in chief of the online literary journal Mason's Road.



n 2006, Colin D. Halloran deployed to Afghanistan with the Connecticut Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment (1-102nd Inf.), a unit with a command relationship to Vermont's 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (86th B.C.T.). Among other missions, he and his fellow citizen-soldiers were assigned to provide security to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (P.R.T.) located at Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Province.


In 2012, Halloran published "Shortly Thereafter," a collection of poetry—sort of a "memoir in verse." The narrative arc of the 80-page book traces the entirety of the military experience—some "hooah" moments, but most others ranging from "aw, shucks" to "aw, sh--." Halloran notably gives voice and detail to the experiences of the citizen-soldier, those modern-day Minutemen and Minutewomen who leave civilian jobs and life to answer their country's call. These are the stories not often heard above the hype and glory reserved for snipers and SEAL teams.




Colin D. Halloran served with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan in 2006 and has recently completed a volume of poetry reflecting on his war experience. A former public school teacher, Colin now spends his days at universities and high schools around the Northeast, working with students and teachers to incorporate literature into the history classroom and looking at the ways in which poetry can inform the media's and historians' portrayals of war. Colin has spoken at the Veterans' Voices Writing Conference at Western Connecticut State University, the 2011 Connecticut Council for the Social Studies Conference, and will be speaking at AWP 2012. He lives outside of Albany, NY and is currently editor in chief of the online literary journal Mason's Road.

Inscribed by author dated 6.6.14, "For Dean and the readers of the war poetry library. With gratitude for sharing in our words and stories"