Galley mailing to key reviewers and media outlets 4-5 months prior to publication. Advanced review copies sent to key review outlets such as Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, The LA Times, The Rumpus, Poets & Writers, Huffington Post Poetry, BookForum, LA Review of Books, PBS NewsHour, NPR, etc. National advertising: Poets & Writers, American Poets, and the Academy of American Poets newsletter. Outreach to online media and bloggers including BuzzFeed, Bustle, Book Riot, Literary Hub, War Is Boring, New York Times “At War” blog, etc. for features on themes such as military deployment, the Iraq War, veterans affairs, reintegration, on-the-ground US/Iraqi relations, etc. Buy-ins to relevant academic conferences, trade shows, and publications: American Library Association Annual Meeting, CBSD Sales and Academic catalogs, etc. Fall book announcements submitted to Publishers Weekly. Online/social media campaign: Extensive promotion through BOA's website and blog: Facebook (6,800+ followers), Twitter (8,000 followers), Instagram (2,200+ followers), and Pinterest (840+ followers) accounts; print and e-postcards; and print and e-catalogs. Electronic book announcement postcards will be sent to author’s list of academic contacts, reviewer contacts, bookstore contacts, and literary bloggers. Electronic newsletter feature will be emailed to BOA's database of 7,500+ contacts. eBook will be available at the same time as print publication to maximize sales. eBook ISBN will be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed. Publisher and author will be promoting both electronic and print editions via social media. Print and eBook publication will be timed for a Veteran’s Day release (Nov. 6). Hugh will attend and sign books at the 2019 AWP Conference in Portland, OR. Hugh will attend and promote his new book at the William Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences (Boston, MA, dates TBD), Desert Nights, Rising Stars Conference (Tempe, AZ, dates TBD), Stanford University (Jan. 30, 2018), East Carolina University (Feb. 15, 2018), and Lakeland Community College (April 21, 2018). Plans for a regional book tour, including readings in Athens, OH, Cleveland, OH, et al. Possible joint readings/events with Kai Carlson-Wee (Rail, BOA, 2017), Nomi Stone (Kill Class, Tupelo Press, forthcoming 2018), and Austin Smith (Flyover States, Princeton Press, 2018). Promotion through the author's website and social media feeds. Website: www.hugh-martin.com Blog: http://hughmartin.blogspot.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/HughJMartin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hugh.martin.33 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4747782.Hugh_Martin

Hugh Martin’s second full-length poetry collection moves within and among history to broaden and complicate our understanding of war. These poems push beyond tidy generalizations and easy moralizing as they explore the complex, often tense relationships between U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. The speaker journeys through training to deployment and back again, returning home to reflect on the soldiers and civilians—both memories and ghosts—left behind. Filled with recollected dialogue and true-to-life encounters, these poems question, deconstruct, examine, and reintegrate the myths and realities of service.