veterans

Nonfiction

‘Charlie Mike’: The Story of Veterans Who Continue to Serve Through Team Rubicon

The woman at the Red Cross said Port-au-Prince, Haiti was too dangerous for untrained volunteers after the earthquake when Marine veteran Jake Wood called to volunteer in January 2010. “It’s complete chaos there,” she said. 'Charlie Mike' author Joe Klein “I’m a marine,” he replied. “We do chaos.” Wood hung…

Michael RuscoeNovember 10, 2015

Nonfiction

When Books Went to War to fight facism with freedom of expression

When Nazi Germany began invading neighboring countries in the 1930s it not only declared war on freedom, liberty, and tolerance—it declared war on the printed page as well. By 1941, the Nazis had banned and burned more than 100 million books and had driven terrified citizens to hide or destroy…

Michael RuscoeJanuary 11, 2015

Fiction Fiction - Featured

“Seeing the Light” Reveals the Stories Behind and Beyond the Uniform

In his collection of short fiction, Seeing the Light (Poets’ Choice Publishing), author Rick Williams tackles many dimensions of storytelling from the viewpoint of the veteran — whether directly or indirectly. In tale after tale, we come to understand the deep wounds suffered by these characters — wounds that go…

BookTribJanuary 31, 2022

Fiction

Vietnam Vet Learns What It Means to Be a Hero in an Imperfect World

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_hero-can-I-be-maureen-hogan-lutz-book-review.jpg Set in the '60s, Maureen Hogan Lutz’s newest novel, Hero Can I Be, is the fast-paced story of James “Jamie” Vincent Corrigan, “a tall redhead with a hair-trigger temper” whose troubled yet street-smart New York City upbringing by Irish Catholic immigrant parents shapes him into the hero he becomes,…

Anne Eliot FeldmanNovember 11, 2020

Fiction

“Soldiers of a Foreign War:” A Look Inside Daily Life of a Soldier

I wrote Soldiers of a Foreign War so that people could have a new appreciation for the names on the walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. So people could truly connect more personally with the stories of veterans. Charles McNair served as an operating room technician in Vietnam, and though it…

Rebecca ProulxNovember 12, 2018

Miscellany Podcasts

Writer’s Bone Podcast: Jeff Shaara, Author of ‘The Frozen Hours’ on Writing About the Korean War

Jeff Shaara, author of Gods and Generals and The Fateful Lightning, returns to the podcast to discuss his new novel, The Frozen Hours. Shaara talks to Daniel Ford about consulting with Korean War veterans, how he chose the characters featured in this narrative, and why, in large part because of…

Daniel FordJanuary 3, 2018

Miscellany Podcasts

Writer’s Bone Podcast: Sitting Down With Lysa Heslov, Director of ‘Served Like A Girl’

Image courtesy of IMDb.Lysa Heslov, director of “Served Like A Girl,” talks to Sean Tuohy about how she changed as a person and filmmaker while making the documentary, the unbreakable bond she formed with the female veterans, and her next equally complex and emotional project. To learn more, visit the…

Daniel FordDecember 1, 2017

‘Charlie Mike’: The Story of Veterans Who Continue to Serve Through Team Rubicon

When Books Went to War to fight facism with freedom of expression

“Seeing the Light” Reveals the Stories Behind and Beyond the Uniform

Vietnam Vet Learns What It Means to Be a Hero in an Imperfect World

“Soldiers of a Foreign War:” A Look Inside Daily Life of a Soldier

Writer’s Bone Podcast: Jeff Shaara, Author of ‘The Frozen Hours’ on Writing About the Korean War

Writer’s Bone Podcast: Sitting Down With Lysa Heslov, Director of ‘Served Like A Girl’

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