KILL TALK
a reading and discussionAUGUST 15, 7pm
Anthropologist Janet McIntosh, and Vietnam Veterans Doug Anderson, Marc Levy, Preston Hood, and David Connolly will speak and read together.
A discussion will follow.
Brandeis anthropologist Janet McIntosh interviewed fifty combat veterans from three different wars over a period of eight years for her book, Kill Talk (Oxford University Press, 2025). In addition to these interviews, she visited the famous/infamous Marine Corps bootcamp at Parris Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, and interviewed drill instructors. There is the language of training: brutal and sometimes outrageous, intended to prepare men and women for obeying orders under extreme stress; and there is the language created by veterans themselves as they experience situations for which no training could have prepared them. It is a language rich with wit, insight and the testimony of survival. From these interviews McIntosh, employing her long experience as an ethnographer, wrote Kill Talk. Some of the veteran men and women she interviewed became writers themselves and transformed the language of their experience in their own way. The intersection of a disciplined and imaginative anthropologist and combat veterans produced a book revealing a world of language not known by many, and deeply important for the understanding of what happens to human beings in war. McIntosh will give a brief talk and four veteran poets will read briefly from their work at A.P.E, Gallery, 126 Main St. Northampton August 15, at seven P.M. A discussion will follow.
AWESOME
BLOSSOM
FLOWER
SHOW
AUGUST 227-9pm Reception
Sliding scale: Free-$10
Flowers are a unique and intense expression of life. So simple and so complex. They radiate resilience, fortitude, and ingenuity, and thrive on a constant quest for the light. Join us for an evening of FLOWERS and ARTWORK.
This is a curated event with artists from Hatfield, Amherst, Greenfield, Whately, Northampton, Westhampton and more. Support the Artists, Designers, and Farmers from this precious valley with your attention, and feast your eyes on this Brilliant Harvest. Bring the family.
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