4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam
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Nguyen Phan Que Mai, Tim O’Brien, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Karl Marlantes on what it’s meant to capture the war and its aftermath in their work

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/24/vietnam-war-nguyen-phan-que-mai-tim-obrien-viet-thanh-nguyen-karl-marlantes/

 

OTHER STUFF GOT IN THE WAY when a year or so ago I started reading this but put it down gave it away actually. I bought it again—who knows why, GREAT cover maybe—last week. I’m thoroughly into it.