This moving tribute to her husband is not just about military service but about cultural divisions that must be confronted and overcome in society.
Persimmon River Novel Three
Staffordshire, a North Carolina Tidewater village of 2000, continues learning its own history when a resident returns from a life abroad for his 100th birthday and asks about the fate of the town’s former black elementary school. Available at Amazon.
New collection of “War Stories”
Just released and available here.
Poetry event
If you’re worried about this being a class in poetry analysis, don’t. Instead, think of poetry as song and your favorite music being a focus of this event.
Book Fair
There will be books by Home and Abroad authors and the Director.
Go See
The Virginia Pilot on Sunday, July 12, featured an Op Ed by Home and Abroad’s Director reminding the Hampdon Roads area that they can still tour the Virginia Museum of History and Culture exhibit, “Virginia and the Vietnam War” in Richmond. They can also bring a traveling version of the exhibit to their location, as Home and Abroad did in May.
Coming Soon from Glorybound Books
Matt Deegan takes his students into the field to watch him conduct interviews and invites veterans into his class. He elicits what should matter to successive generations. The result is this moving book built around the stories of individuals who, finding no outlet for their personal feelings about the Vietnam War, built a museum of their memories to share with the … Read More
New Review
MWSA May 2025 Review Thomas J. Bragg’s memoir, Keeping It Lively: The Hunt for Eddie Lama is the story of two men and the unbreakable bond they formed during combat, resulting in a legacy left for future generations. They were as different as they could be: a white man from suburban Chicago and a black man from rural Virginia. Together in D … Read More