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Phil Klay

Phil Klay served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2005 to 2009, including a tour of duty in Iraq from January 2007 to February 2008. He is the author of the story collection Redeployment (Penguin, 2014).

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Three Japanese Books

Samantha Harvey, Phil Klay & Tao Lin

‘Each word is a snowflake falling, and with each paragraph the snow settles deeper.’

Art & Photography | Issue 124 padlock
Art & Photography | Issue 124 padlock

Tour Guide

Archive of Modern Conflict & Phil Klay

‘We record the reality we’re supposed to have, and then go back later and tell ourselves that it was the reality we experienced.’

Fiction | Issue 116
Fiction | Issue 116

Redeployment

Phil Klay

‘Those ripples can tear organs apart.’

Fiction | Issue 116
Fiction | Issue 116

OIF

Phil Klay

‘A few months later I was strapped up, M4 in condition 1, surrounded by 03s, backpack full of cash, twitchiest guy in Iraq.’

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