August book clubs read historical fiction set during the Vietnam War, historical mysteries based in Black American and Jewish neighborhoods, dragon-filled romantasies, time traveling romance, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-28 15:40:00 UTC ]
On April 23, 1968, protesting Columbia University students took over Hamilton Hall, and over the next few days, occupied three more Columbia buildings and the President’s office. At issue were Columbia’s connection to the Vietnam War (through its affiliation with a weapons research think tank)... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-13 08:55:34 UTC ]
In his new work, the author of 'Such a Lovely Little War' and 'Saigon Calling' switches from memoir to graphic fiction to continue his story about the course of the Vietnam War. An 11-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
‘The Man I Killed’ is a story from The Things They Carried, a 1990 collection of linked short stories by the American writer Tim O’Brien. The collection focuses on a platoon of American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. As the title of this short story suggests, ‘The Man I […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2022-10-17 14:00:42 UTC ]
He distilled the passions of the antiwar movement into poetry during the Vietnam War and later, with his bestselling book "Iron John," awakened a movement of men in search of deeper masculinity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-11-24 03:56:49 UTC ]
In his memoir about being drafted into the Vietnam War, Jeff Danziger lays bare the futility and waste, as well as his own naiveté. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-08-03 20:35:22 UTC ]
Early on Thursday morning, a residential condo collapsed in Surfside, a town just north of Miami Beach, in Florida. Joey Flechas, a reporter for the Miami Herald, was quickly on the scene, since he lives ten minutes away from the building. “I’m a member of this community who has talked to some... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-06-28 12:02:47 UTC ]
His exhaustive coverage of the Vietnam War also led to the book “A Bright Shining Lie,” which won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-01-07 23:20:39 UTC ]
Since its publication in 1990, Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a linked collection of semi-autobiographical short stories about the Vietnam War, has become a modern classic—in fact, its title story is the most frequently anthologized piece of short fiction in the last three decades, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-03 15:27:57 UTC ]
The year 1975 was notable for a few reasons: the debut of Saturday Night Live, the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, Patty Hearst landed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, the Vietnam War came to an end, and Bruce Springsteen released his hit album Born to Run. That summer the movie Jaws would reign... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-07-31 08:48:30 UTC ]
Oneworld has acquired a "riveting" novel set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, written by Vietnamese poet, journalist and translator Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 07:41:08 UTC ]
His “Paco’s Story” was the surprise winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 1987, beating books by Toni Morrison and Philip Roth. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-12-17 23:53:36 UTC ]
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart has the #3 book in the country with the memoir ‘I Can’t Make This Up.’ Plus Arundhati Roy’s sophomore novel arrives two decades after ‘The God of Small Things,’ and ‘Black Hawk Down’ author Mark Bowden turns his attention to the Vietnam War. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Picador is to publish Operation Chaos by Matthew Sweet, a “compelling narrative account” of the true story of a group of US military deserters who found asylum in Sweden during the Vietnam War. Publisher Paul Baggaley acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Simon Trewin at WME, while Paul... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
February's notable reviews of self-published titles include stars for a 'startling' memoir about the Vietnam War and a 'fascinating' exploration of human rights. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]