American Dream With Exit Wound

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By Dawn McGuire ’76

Published March 30, 2017

In her new book of poetry, neurologist and writer Dawn McGuire ’76 discusses the psychological wounds returning soldiers bring home. In the second section of American Dream With Exit Wound (IFSF), she gives part of the brain a voice, and in the final section she talks about the losses that haunt our psyches.

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