John K. Young, a professor of English at Marshall University, reflects on the production history of Tim O’Brien’s novels and their implications for the kinds of narratives that are possible for soldiers’ experiences in the Vietnam War. Young received a fellowship from the Norman Mailer Endowed Fund. “You can… read more
Fellows Find: “How to Revise a True War Story”
Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching Tagged With: Achilles in Vietnam, Fellows Find, Fellowships, Going After Cacciato, If I Die in a Combat Zone, John K. Young, Jonathan Shays, Manuscripts, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Research, The Real Mary Anne, The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien, Vietnam War