Review of “The Dynamite Room”

Imagine how WWII might have looked to an English girl who has lost her brother to the fighting. Imagine further how she would feel if the enemy then came into her home. I reviewed the novel The Dynamite Room for the Washington Independent Review of Books. Click here to read.

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American Sniper

I thought American Sniper was a terrific film–and I shared some thoughts about it with the Huffington Post. Click here to read the full article.

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Congrats to a Marine

Congratulations to Phil Klay for winning the National Book Award for his short story collection, Redeployment. A well-deserved honor for a Marine Corps veteran.

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Operation Hawkeye

With Will Thomas, the Virginia student who founded Operation Hawkeye, an effort that honors fallen special operations warriors and their families. Will and his dad very kindly invited me to join them yesterday at their booth at the annual meeting of the Association of the U.S. Army in Washington, DC. Operation Hawkeye is a marvelous cause;…

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