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The New York Review of Books (7 March 2013)
Below are the books self is interested in reading after perusing the 7 March 2013 issue of The New York Review of Books. Her choices are nothing if not idiosyncratic: Former People: The Final Days o… more →
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Book Review -- Every Seed Of the Pomegranate
wrote 1 day ago: Every Seed of the Pomegranate, Every Perspective of the War Sullivan, David Allen. Every Seed of the … more →
#35: Sax and Violins
wrote 6 days ago: The title stolen from the Talking Heads tune; the subject stolen from real life. Censorship, or the … more →
The Conquest of Gaul, by Gaius Julius Caesar
wrote 1 week ago: Caesar was certainly one of the greatest men of antiquity: a gifted and lucky general (the way Napol … more →
Reading from Write Place, November 2013
wrote 1 week ago: A bit late, I know, I know, but here is an excerpt from my short story titled “Bad Luck” … more →
When The War Began
wrote 1 month ago: The war in Afghanistan is older than my dog, my cat, my car, my favorite pair of jeans, the Japanese … more →
The Absolutist
wrote 1 month ago: Writing a page turner is an art. Like art it is in the eye of the beholder. For me, it is generally … more →
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
wrote 1 month ago: Back in 1987, I moderated a panel discussion with four accomplished writers at Vietnam Veterans of A … more →
All Quiet on the Western Front
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wrote 1 month ago: Many claim that All Quiet on the Western Front is the greatest war novel of all time. Now I haven’t … more →
Half of a Yellow Sun --A Nigerian Novel
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wrote 2 months ago: Lately I’ve been reading books that aren’t all that uplifting. I’m not sure why, but I g … more →
War and Remembrance—Part Two
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wrote 2 months ago: In Part One of this post we looked at the way Pat Barker links real events and personages with her f … more →
War and Remembrance—Part One
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wrote 2 months ago: What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only t … more →
Germany's White Rose, gone but not forgotten
wrote 3 months ago: The White Rose Today is the 70th anniversary of the execution of Sophie Scholl, a German university … more →
Regeneration Trilogy part I, Regeneration, by Pat Barker
wrote 3 months ago: Ok, I am going to stop apologizing for writing about books I read a long time ago, because chances a … more →
The Unknown Soldier, by Linna Väinö
wrote 3 months ago: I read this book some 12 years ago, and I base this entry on the notes I wrote at the time. I read i … more →
O Dark Thirty - Not the Movie
wrote 4 months ago: I’ve been looking at the O-Dark-Thirty Literary Journal home page. What a site for the victims of wa … more →
The Yellow Birds: A Work of Alphanumeric Photography
wrote 4 months ago: In his first novel, “The Yellow Birds,” Kevin Powers braves a soldiers tale. It is an un … more →
Reflection of The Painted Bird
wrote 5 months ago: War is hell. While we often avoid such clichés, The Painted Bird gives us a grand vision of how war … more →
Shakespeare Meets A Song of Ice and Fire
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wrote 6 months ago: Lately, I’ve been reading voraciously, and it’s been beautiful. My book devouring rate h … more →
Erich Maria Remarque
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wrote 11 months ago: Today is the birthday of Erich Maria Remarque, the German novelist who in 1929 published “Im W … more →
