TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herzog,Tobey C.
TI  - Writing Vietnam, writing life: Caputo, Heinemann, O'Brien, Butler 
SN  - 9781587297236
AV  - PS228.V5 H43 2008eb
U1  - 810.9/358 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Iowa City
PB  - University of Iowa Press
KW  - Caputo, Philip
KW  - Heinemann, Larry
KW  - O'Brien, Tim,
KW  - Butler, Robert Olen
KW  - Butler, Robert Olen.
KW  - Caputo, Philip.
KW  - Heinemann, Larry.
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Literature and the war
KW  - War stories, American
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Novelists, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - War correspondents
KW  - United States
KW  - Récits de guerre américains
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Romanciers américains
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Correspondants de guerre
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - American
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - War and literature
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Interviews
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: War stories, storytellers, and an iPod -- Conversation with Philip Caputo -- Conversation with Larry Heinemann -- Conversation with Tim O'Brien -- Conversation with Robert Olen Butler -- Conclusion: Life stories -- Appendices: Chronology of Philip Caputo -- Chronology of Larry Heinemann -- Chronology of Tim O'Brien -- Chronology of Robert Olen Butler
N2  - "Philip Caputo, Larry Heinemann, Tim O'Brien, and Robert Olen Butler: four young midwestern Americans coming of age during the 1960s who faced a difficult personal decision - whether or not to fight in Vietnam. Each chose to participate. After coming home, these four veterans became prizewinning authors telling the war stories and life stories of soldiers and civilians. The four extended conversations included in Writing Vietnam, Writing Life feature revealing personal stories alongside candid assessments of each author's distinct roles as son, soldier, writer, and teacher of creative writing." "As Tobey Herzog's thoughtful interviews reveal, these soldier-authors have diverse upbringings, values, interests, writing careers, life experiences, and literary voices. They hold wide-ranging views on, among other things, fatherhood, war, the military, religion, the creative process, the current state of the world, and the nature of both physical and moral courage. For each author, the conversation and richly annotated chronology provide an overview of the writer's life, the intersection of memory and imagination in his writing, and the path of his literary career. Together, these four life stories also offer mini-tableaux of the fascinating and troubling time of 1960s and 1970s America. Above all, the conversations reveal that each author is linked forever to the Vietnam War, the country of Vietnam, and its people."--Jacket
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