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Meet the Utah writer who is as obsessed with the Vietnam War as Ken Burns

Poet Paisley Rekdal considers the haunting aftermath of the trauma left behind

(Francisco Kjolseth  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  University of Utah poet and professor Paisley Rekdal has written new book about the legacy of trauma of the Vietnam war. The book begins with the 2012 stabbing at Smith's by Kiet Thanh Ly, the homeless man who inexplicably began stabbing white people, including a U. English student.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) University of Utah poet and professor Paisley Rekdal has written new book about the legacy of trauma of the Vietnam war. The book begins with the 2012 stabbing at Smith's by Kiet Thanh Ly, the homeless man who inexplicably began stabbing white people, including a U. English student.