The Body of an American by the Pogues is the sound of a great band at its peak. . The Body of an American is the recipient of the 2013 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History. The body of an American Editor's note: This item was originally published in The Cardinal Lawyer on Veterans' Day 2007. It also received the PEN Center USA Award for Drama and the L. Arnold Weissberger Award, and premiered at Portland Center Stage in 2012, directed by Bill Rauch. The Body of an American focuses on how Watson’s life was changed by a photo he took during a disastrous American military intervention in Somalia in 1993, dramatised in … In best Joycean fashion, it's a character study of a dead man, seen through the eyes of his mourning relatives. Dan O’Brien’s “The Body of an American,” a lyrical, untidy and ultimately poignant work of theater is a ghost story. It isn't just a superb, cinematic lyric, but an entire serving of musical perfection. 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