Kevin Powers books in order

Q: "What is The Yellow Birds about?"

"The Yellow Birds follows two young soldiers in Iraq and explores the physical and psychological toll of war. It draws on Powers's own experience as a machine gunner in Mosul and Tal Afar from 2004 to 2005."

Q: "What awards has Kevin Powers won?"

"The Yellow Birds won the 2012 Guardian First Book Award and the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and one of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2012."

Q: "Does Kevin Powers write poetry?"

"Yes. Powers holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Texas at Austin. His collection Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and Forward Prize."

Kevin Powers Short Story Collections

Title	Published	Buy on Amazon
Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting	2014	Buy

Kevin Powers Standalone Novels Reading Order

Title	Published	Buy on Amazon
The Yellow Birds	2012	Buy
A Shout in the Ruins	2018	Buy
A Line in the Sand	2023	Buy

Kevin Powers is an American novelist and poet. Born in 1980 in Richmond, Virginia, he enlisted in the Army at seventeen and served as a machine gunner in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 in Mosul and Tal Afar.

After his honorable discharge, Powers earned a BA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA in poetry from the University of Texas at Austin as a Michener Fellow. His debut novel, The Yellow Birds (2012), drew on his wartime experience and won the Guardian First Book Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award. Dave Eggers called it “easily the saddest book I’ve read in many years.”

Powers also writes poetry. His collection Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Yellow Birds about?

The Yellow Birds follows two young soldiers in Iraq and explores the physical and psychological toll of war. It draws on Powers’s own experience as a machine gunner in Mosul and Tal Afar from 2004 to 2005.

What awards has Kevin Powers won?

The Yellow Birds won the 2012 Guardian First Book Award and the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and one of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of 2012.

Does Kevin Powers write poetry?

Yes. Powers holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Texas at Austin. His collection Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and Forward Prize.

Kevin Powers Short Story Collections#

Kevin Powers Standalone Novels Reading Order#

Frequently Asked Questions

Kevin Powers Short Story Collections

Kevin Powers Standalone Novels Reading Order