4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam .
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.