The Sniper and the Spotter

Winner of the Third Annual Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award as chosen by Stephen Dobyns, The Sniper and the Spotter by Karen Zealand primarily chronicles a relationship between a former Special Forces sniper and his civilian lover. As the ex-serviceman adjusts to post-combat life, his lover is there to assist while attempting to understand his past, which is very much present. Spanning from the Vietnam War to the Second Iraq War, these outstandingly crafted poems explore modern war and its aftermath on both those who fight and those who love combatants.

"Karen Zealand writes with an enviable precision of meaning and exactness of language. Elegance replaces embellishment; there is no chaff....These poems are energetic and unhesitating. There is nothing nice about them. Instead, they provide us with necessary truths, rather than just the pretty ones. Their subject matter is the subject matter of our best poems: how do we live with one another? We are fortunate to have them."
      —Stephen Dobyns, Final Judge

A sample poem from this title is available here.

The Sniper and the Spotter, by Karen Zealand

Chapbook, poetry.
Foreword by Stephen Dobyns.
Chosen by Stephen Dobyns as winner of the Third Annual Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award.
33 pages, 22 poems.
Saddle stitch binding.
Four-color cover, acid-free paper throughout.
ISBN 0-9727455-7-2

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