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We think the experience of readers says more than we ever could. To send comments on one of our books, please write to info@crumpledpress.org or click here.
13 Poems
I found myself quite enamored of poem #13 itself, "For My Mother," which is a lovely poem, delicate and touching, if also a little distant in ways I find pleasing. "I know not where / To touch with delicacy / Against the pen of experience" is an inspired line.
- Graham Burnett, Associate Professor of History, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Jordan McIntyre's book moves like a bicycle ride through the close edges of Brooklyn. Smiling all the while, at life's bittersweet moments. Calm, reassuring and real.
- Leo Kuelbs, New York, NY
When I Wished I Was Here
Reportage doesn’t get more firsthand than this. Rhinebecker [Derek] McGee parses Port-a-Shitter graffiti, eulogizes a fallen comrade, relates with chilling simplicity how it feels to order an Iraqi civilian killed, and shares the eerie displacement of coming home.
- Nina Shengold, Chronogram, Kingston, NY
Beautifully written and very moving... God knows it's a story that needs to be told, and Derek tells it like it is.
- Wes Craven, Hollywood, CA
I have used When I Wished I was Here several times in the classroom, both for an introductory US history survey called "Why We Fight" and for an upper-level course on "War and American Society." The book is powerfully written, provocative enough to stimulate student discussion, elegantly packaged, and the perfect length for a supplemental reading about the human dimensions of the Iraq War. My students have really responded to Derek McGee's work, with many listing it as their favorite reading on their course evaluations.
- Meredith Lair, Department of History and Art History, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
It's a fast and intense read that grabs you in a sort of Holden Caulfield way.
- Chris Macpherson, Princeton, NJ
Take a Right at the Tank
Nealin's book is remarkable. She has a great talent for making the reader feel present. In doing that with me she has educated me very much.
- Jack Dulles, Austin, TX
Fabulous! The writing, the photos, the drawings, the Ambassador's preface, the quality of the publication. Classy, classy, classy.
- Linda Look, Washington, DC
We think the experience of readers says more than we ever could. To send comments on one of our books, please write to info@crumpledpress.org or click here.
13 Poems
I found myself quite enamored of poem #13 itself, "For My Mother," which is a lovely poem, delicate and touching, if also a little distant in ways I find pleasing. "I know not where / To touch with delicacy / Against the pen of experience" is an inspired line.
- Graham Burnett, Associate Professor of History, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Jordan McIntyre's book moves like a bicycle ride through the close edges of Brooklyn. Smiling all the while, at life's bittersweet moments. Calm, reassuring and real.
- Leo Kuelbs, New York, NY
When I Wished I Was Here
Reportage doesn’t get more firsthand than this. Rhinebecker [Derek] McGee parses Port-a-Shitter graffiti, eulogizes a fallen comrade, relates with chilling simplicity how it feels to order an Iraqi civilian killed, and shares the eerie displacement of coming home.
- Nina Shengold, Chronogram, Kingston, NY
Beautifully written and very moving... God knows it's a story that needs to be told, and Derek tells it like it is.
- Wes Craven, Hollywood, CA
I have used When I Wished I was Here several times in the classroom, both for an introductory US history survey called "Why We Fight" and for an upper-level course on "War and American Society." The book is powerfully written, provocative enough to stimulate student discussion, elegantly packaged, and the perfect length for a supplemental reading about the human dimensions of the Iraq War. My students have really responded to Derek McGee's work, with many listing it as their favorite reading on their course evaluations.
- Meredith Lair, Department of History and Art History, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
It's a fast and intense read that grabs you in a sort of Holden Caulfield way.
- Chris Macpherson, Princeton, NJ
Take a Right at the Tank
Nealin's book is remarkable. She has a great talent for making the reader feel present. In doing that with me she has educated me very much.
- Jack Dulles, Austin, TX
Fabulous! The writing, the photos, the drawings, the Ambassador's preface, the quality of the publication. Classy, classy, classy.
- Linda Look, Washington, DC