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Summary: "In 1986, the teenage daughter of a wealthy family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father and is forever changed ...
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War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2021, Vol. 33, p27-54. 28p.
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The article presents an interview with authors Quan Manh Ha and Joseph Babcock. Quan Manh Ha discusses his book "Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of ...
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Canadian Review of American Studies. 2020, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p45-101. 57p.
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This article chronicles the way book covers on American novels about the Vietnam War, both during and after the conflict, not ... Cet article examine comment les couvertures des romans américains portant sur la guerre du Vietnam, tant durant le conflit qu'aprè... Copyright of Canadian Review of American Studies is the property of University of Toronto Press and its content may not be copied or emailed ...
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The article discusses the re-gendering of the tropes of the trauma hero narrative in Siobhan Fallon's collection of short stories "You Know When the Men ...
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The CIFF's 40 th edition will kick off Wednesday with both pride and fear. With a long history since it was first established in 1976, and with ...
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Superior Telegram (WI), January 4, 2016 Superior, 3pp
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Happy New Year from Superior Public Library! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season! It's been a busy time at the library. Just before ...
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War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2015, Vol. 27, p1-25. 25p.
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An essay is presented on a memoir about war. It offers several quotes from notable persons including Leon Trotsky, Paul Fussell and Hannah Arendt. The ...
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Summary: Percival Chen, a headmaster at a prestigious English-language school in 1960s Saigon, must exile his trouble-making son and to deal with his troubles and ...
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Age, The (Melbourne, Australia), October 27, 2012 Life & Style First, p. 34 3pp
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THE DARKEST LITTLE ROOM By Patrick Holland Transit Lounge, $29.95 REVIEW CHRIS FLYNN INDEPENDENT Melbourne publisher Transit Lounge has made a significant mark on the Australian ...
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Sun Herald, The (Sydney, Australia), September 16, 2012 Unwind First, p. 15 2pp
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Fishing for Tigers Emily Maguire (Picador, $29.99) Reviewed by Meredith Lewin At the heart of Australian writer Emily Maguire's work lies an urgent need to pull ...
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War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2011, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p22-33. 12p.
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The author discusses the memory and meaning of narrative reflections during the "Twentieth Century Warfare and American Memory" symposium held at Regis University in Denver, ...
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Targeted News Service (USA), October 1, 2011, 4pp
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IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 30 -- Iowa Center for the Arts issued the following news release: The writers in residence at the University of Iowa International ...
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Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland), March 12, 2011 Books, 4pp
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FICTION: The SentimentalistsBy Johanna Skibsrud Heinemann, 216pp. £12.99 WAR LEAVES LASTING wounds on the mind and in the memory, not only on ...
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Oregonian, The (Portland, OR), April 4, 2010 Sunday Features (O!) Sunrise, 2pp
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Fiction review MATTERHORN Karl Marlantes Atlantic Monthly Press $24.95, 600 pages JOHN FOYSTON I t took Karl Marlantes more than 30 years to write ...
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Critical Survey of Long Fiction. 2010, v. 2, p676-681.
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Robert Olen Butler Granite City, Illinois; January 20, 1945 Robert Olen Butler, Jr. P , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1994 , 1997 [...]
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War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2009, Vol. 21 Issue 1/2, p384-398. 15p.
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The article presents the author's reflections regarding the use of writing as a therapeutic practice for war veterans. The author's personal experiences in writing the ...
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This literary criticism presents the book "Meditations in Green" by Stephen Wright. It outlines the characters and explores the book's symbolic use of cinema and ...
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Reports on the eagerness of publishers to capitalize on freshmen reading programs in the U.S. as of September 2005. Increase of interest in reading programs; ...
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As the freshman class arrives at Philadelphia's Temple University, they will learn about campus rules, meet with their academic advisers and, hopefully, read a book: ``...
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World & I. Feb2004, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p260-271. 12p. 3 Black and White Photographs.
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Focuses on the publication of humorous military novels. Theme of the novel "Onionhead," by Weldon Hill; Success of the book "See Here, Private Hargrove," by ...
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American Writers : A Collection of Literary Biographies, Supplement 12. 2003, p61-78.
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Robert Olen Butler 1945– R O B was born on January 20, 1945, in Granite City, Illinois, a small town on the Mississippi River a few miles northeast ...
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Summary: A Vietnamese man working as Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas's cook in 1934 Paris looks back on his early life in his native country ...
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Black Issues Book Review. Jul/Aug2002, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p24-26. 3p. 3 Color Photographs.
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Provides information on the book-to-movie and vice versa trend in the U.S. entertainment industry, as of July 2002. Novels written by writer-producer-director John Ridley; Distinction ...
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BERGER, Thomas (Louis) American. Cincinnati, Ohio, 20 July 1924. The University of Cincinnati, B.A. 1948; Columbia University, New York, 1950-51. Served in the United States Army, 1943-46. ...
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BUTLER, Robert Olen, Jr. American. Granite City, Illinois, 20 January 1945. Northwestern University, B.S. 1967; University of Iowa, M.A. 1969; postgraduate study at the New School for ...
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Short Stories for Students. 2001, v. 11, p60-77.
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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler 1992 Robert Olen Butler had already published five novels—most of them concerning ...
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