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A book-length sequence of poems, Matthew Thorburns <i>String</i> tells the story of a teenage boys experiences in a time of war and its aftermath. He loses his family and friends, his home and the life he knew, but survives to tell his story. Written in the boys fractured, echoing voice--in lines that are frequently enjambed and use almost no punctuation--<i>String</i> embodies his trauma and confusion in a poetic sequence that is part lullaby, part nightmare, but always a music that is uniquely his.