Fiction
A Hard Decision by Westley Thomas
April 20, 2015
Westley Thomas served with the U. S. Marines in Vietnam from 1966-68 and in the Marine Reserves from 1975-77. The action in his book, A Hard Decision (AuthorHouse, 136 pp., $23.99, hardcover; $14.95, paper; $$3.99, Kindle), we…
Small Fires in the Sun by Herbert R. Metoyer, Jr.
April 17, 2015
Small Fires in the Sun by Herbert R. Metoyer, Jr. (Cane River Media, 412 pp., $25, paper) is a novel based on historical events, but is wholly fictitious. The book centers on the life of Louis…
She Weeps Each Time You’re Born by Quan Barry
April 13, 2015
Quan Barry was born in Saigon and raised on Boston’s North Shore. She’s an English professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Rabbit, the main character of her first novel, She Weeps Each Time You’re…
Across the Pond by Michael McCormick
April 8, 2015
Michael McCormick's Across the Pond (CreateSpace, 53 pp., $11.58, paper; $0.99, Kindle) reminds us that the Vietnam War changed many patriotic young men into disillusioned adults who were forsaken by society. This novella, first published in…
My Cross to Bear by Tom Conti
April 7, 2015
Tom Conti's My Cross to Bear (Janet Conti, 280 pp., $16.95, paperback), his self-described “novel's narrative, ” is awash with misspellings, grammatical errors, and unsubstantiated Vietnam War "facts." The book does have meaningful passages and humorous anecdotes,…
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
April 6, 2015
Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in the United States. He teaches English and American studies at the University of Southern California. He is the author of an academic book, Race and…
Brotherkeeper by Lawrence Winters
March 31, 2015
Lawrence Winters served as a U.S. Marine in the Vietnam War in 1969-70. The author of The Making and Unmaking of a Marine, he is a mental health counselor, and has returned to Vietnam to study PTSD…
The Brightwood Stillness by Mark Pomeroy
March 30, 2015
Mark Pomeroy lives in Portland, Oregon, with his family. He was born in 1969, so he steered clear of service in the Vietnam War---but he was affected by it. The Brightwood Stillness (Oregon State University,…
Friendly Casualties by Tom Glenn
March 15, 2015
Friendly Casualties: A Novel in Stories (Glenn Publishing, 171 pp., $3.95, Kindle), author Tom Glenn says, is the result of "the many years I spent in Vietnam during the war. Nearly all the characters are…
The Domestic Vietnam by Dick Fox
March 5, 2015
Dick Fox's The Domestic Vietnam: America’s War of Confusion (Coach Fox, Inc., 512 pp., $21.95) doesn’t look like a novel or read like one, for that matter. But the author’s note says: “The work presented here is…