The Plea­sure of Flinching

“In the viral video realm, ama­teur Iraq war footage ranks just behind pornog­ra­phy, celebri­ties’ drunken exploits, and shark attacks. Do these videos rep­re­sent what Son­tag called our “right to view,” or are they a porn medium made from left­overs of a world film­ing its self-destruction?”

read­ings from Oper­a­tion Home­com­ing at Hear­ing Voices and NPR

sol­diers read their sto­ries, let­ters and poems