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“I wrote some weird magical realism stories that are probably on some hard drive somewhere, and if I ever uncover that hard drive, I'll burn it. I tried to do a little bit of writing while I was in Iraq, but it wasn't the really greatest space for creative production.”

Quote by Phil Klay

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Phil Klay

Phil Klay, born in 1983, is an American writer known for his works that focus on the theme of war and its profound impact on individuals and society. His debut novel, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making him the youngest recipient of the award in its history. more

“The part of the strangeness of coming back from the war is the way we talk about it. We try to have a discussion about the war that doesn't turn into a discussion about one political side or the other. I wanted to reach out and talk to people about it through fiction, the way a narrative can draw someone in and ask them those questions.”

People Trying War Political Discussion Reach Out

Author:Phil Klay

“I think in America, especially today, our relationship to war is incredible distant. Yet narratives of war have such a primal power in this culture. They mainline directly into a whole series of emotional reactions and understandings of American patriotism, masculinity, and all of these other things.”

Thinking War Today Culture Understanding Emotional Incredibles Our Relationship Masculinity

Author:Phil Klay

“Part of the reason I'm writing it is to try to figure out what that is myself. It's not like I came back from Iraq and said, "We need to have a conversation, I know exactly what it is." It was just this sort of sense of something missing and then trying to write toward what that was, and to solicit from other people a sense of what that might be.”

People Writing Trying Reason Missing

Author:Phil Klay

“Fiction is a place where people can meet, where they take the time to very seriously examine and think about the experiences of other people and about the sorts of moral decisions those characters are making.”

People Thinking Character Decision Moral

Author:Phil Klay