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Three Siblings’ Lives Are Irrevocably Changed by the Turbulence of the 1960s

In his previous novels, America and Freedom, Mike Bond brought us four ambitious young people who, on vastly different paths, are navigating their way through the country’s turbulent years of sturm und drang. It’s the 1960s, and each of them has responded to the tumult and politics with passion and…

Sherri DaleyAugust 15, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“Honor Through Sacrifice” Pays Glowing Tribute to a Great Man

“Realizing the success of his attack depended upon the diversion of enemy fire from his attacking forces, Lieutenant Lippman charged up the slope to within six feet of one enemy foxhole and 10 feet of another. Wounded early in the fray, he fired his .45 automatic and threw hand grenades…

Jim AlkonDecember 16, 2021

Nonfiction

BookTrib Q & A with Marcelino Truong, Author-Illustrator of Graphic Novel ‘Saigon Calling’

BookTrib: You’re a self-taught illustrator, and the images you have in both graphic novels are very particular, and sometimes deal with very heavy subject matter, which is reminiscent of MAUS. Did your artistic abilities grow organically in the media of drawing for graphic novels, or did you start off drawing,…

Marcelino TruongDecember 21, 2017

Book Club Network Fiction

A Conflict of Conscience in “The Fourteenth of September”

While attending university on a full army scholarship, Pvt First Class Judy Talton becomes a hippie-freak protestor of the Vietnam War. The Fourteenth of September (She Writes Press) by Rita Dragonette draws on the author's own campus experiences to deliver a fresh perspective--a woman in the military. The story that you have…

Sherri DaleyMay 11, 2020

Fiction

“The Mountains Sing:” A Beautiful Family Saga Written From the Heart

I have recently read wonderful books by Vietnamese authors, Ocean Vuong's On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and Thannha Lai's Butterfly Yellow along with Chris Bohjalian’s new book The Red Lotus, which partially takes place in Vietnam. Each of these books pieces together for readers how beautiful the country is and how…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 25, 2020

Fiction

“A Bend in the River” Explores Conflict Between Sisters in War-Torn Vietnam

Libby Fischer Hellman’s latest novel A Bend in the River centers on two young South Vietnamese sisters whose bucolic childhoods in the Mekong Delta change forever when U.S. soldiers invade their small village one morning in March 1968 to hunt down Viet Cong. The book opens with a question: “Is…

Anne Eliot FeldmanOctober 7, 2020

Fiction

Interview with Sam Lightner, Jr., Author of ‘Heavy Green’

Experienced climber Sam Lightner, Jr. talks with BookTrib about his latest book, Heavy Green. Heavy Green focuses on a little known CIA operation that could shift the outcome of the Vietnam War. Expertly researched, Heavy Green is a historical novel that shows a different side of the conflict at the time.…

BookTribOctober 6, 2017

BooksToScreen Fiction

When Hollywood Comes Knocking: Turning a Thriller Into a Major TV Event

Now that my military thriller The Red Line has reached the bookstores and people are becoming aware, Hollywood is working on turning it into a major television event. Since then, I've been frequently asked: 'what gives a thriller the potential to become a great movie or television series? From what I can…

Walt GraggSeptember 7, 2017

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured

Robert. E. Lofthouse Wrote on a Mission: Honor a Hero

Honor Through Sacrifice: The Story of One of America’s Greatest Military Leaders by Robert E. Lofthouse (Koehler Books) is more than historical nonfiction. It’s a character study and a character celebration, and a societal study to boot. He wanted, for close personal reasons, to write about Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Lippman,…

Judy MorenoJanuary 10, 2022

Three Siblings’ Lives Are Irrevocably Changed by the Turbulence of the 1960s

“Honor Through Sacrifice” Pays Glowing Tribute to a Great Man

BookTrib Q & A with Marcelino Truong, Author-Illustrator of Graphic Novel ‘Saigon Calling’

A Conflict of Conscience in “The Fourteenth of September”

“The Mountains Sing:” A Beautiful Family Saga Written From the Heart

“A Bend in the River” Explores Conflict Between Sisters in War-Torn Vietnam

Interview with Sam Lightner, Jr., Author of ‘Heavy Green’

When Hollywood Comes Knocking: Turning a Thriller Into a Major TV Event

Robert. E. Lofthouse Wrote on a Mission: Honor a Hero

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