Articles Related to Robert Olen Butler
USAFA War, Lit, & the Arts Conference, Sept. 20-21
September 19, 2018
The two-day 2018 War, Literature & the Arts Conference starts tomorrow at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The conference, sponsored by the USAFA's Department of English & Fine Arts, will focus on the…
The Lotus and the Storm by Lan Cao
September 25, 2014
Lan Cao is a professor at the Dale Fowler School of Law at Chapman University and the author of the novel Monkey Bridge . Robert Olen Butler calls her “one of our finest American writers, " saying that her…
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
March 29, 2013
Back in 1987, I moderated a panel discussion with four accomplished writers at Vietnam Veterans of America's National Convention in Washington, D.C. The topic was the Vietnam War Novel. The panelists were Robert Olen Butler,…
Robert Olen Butler's New Novel
October 16, 2012
Robert Olen Butler, the novelist and short story writer who served as a U.S. Army linguist in the Vietnam War, is one prolific writer. His latest book, The Hot Country (Mysterious Press, 326 pp., $25),…