Title: When War is Over 1969 – 1975: Flower Children, Futurists, and the Last Surprise of the Vietnam War: A Memoir Author: Joseph Mark Glazner Toronto. Copyright 2023. Price: $15.99 (Paperback) Like Glazner’s previous work entitled:California: 1963 – 1967 Spaceship Earth(2022) and Life After America: A Memoir about the Wild and Crazy 1960s (2017) this memoir is of particular interest to the “Vietnam Generation,” “The Woodstock Generation,” boomers, geezers, those of us who are old and about to die. But it should also appeal to peaceniks, and any remnants of the peace and love philosophy who still believe that it will survive well into this new millennium. Take note of the title which makes no mention of the war but only war meaning all war. Given the dates, the war in question, of course, is America’s “Conflict” in South Vietnam. When we last left the author in 1969 he was…
Author: T.C. Boyle. Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation [A Division of W.W. Norton]. Copyright 2023. Pages: 384. Price: $25.33 (Hardcover) A quarter of a century…
I used to see the older man whenever I went swimming at my neighbourhood Y. Often, he was in the pool before I arrived,…
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In high school, I would have this recurring dream. It would start with my mom and I driving on the freeway– which is strange…
I was halfway to the nine-foot end of the pool at my neighborhood Y when a middle-aged man in the adjacent slow lane, quickly…
Ramesh Babu was a classical singer. With acknowledged achievements, this Padma awardee had turned 60. One day after returning from a performance, he changed…
Author: Janisse Ray Copyright: 2022 Pages: 209 Price: $19.99 (paperback) There’s something unique about the lifelong inhabitants of America’s South, hard for outsiders to…
Author: David W. Berner San Francisco. The Shortish Project. Copyright: 2023 Price: $16.00 (paperback) This story revolves around three main characters with writer Seamus…