Extraordinary Renditions

The voices in this collection come from the deep past when war began, and span the centuries to the present moment, with war still raging around the globe. We hear the ancient story of how violent killers became heroes and then saints, how the picture of torture became an icon to be venerated, salvation achieved through the instruments of pain and death. As the poet Joseph Brodsky said, "Poetry is the only form of moral insurance that a society has."