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Bringing the War Home: How Tim O'Brien Approached the Art of Moral Consequence

Bringing the War Home: How Tim O'Brien Approached the Art of Moral Consequence

Alex Vernon on the Emergence of One of America's Early Literary Voices of the Vietnam War

By Alex Vernon | May 27, 2025

Tim O'Brien on Letting the World Decide What He'll Read Next

Tim O'Brien on Letting the World Decide What He'll Read Next

America Fantastica Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire">The Author of America Fantastica Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | October 30, 2023

America Fantastica

America Fantastica

Tim O'Brien

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 23, 2023

Letting the Unspoken Speak: A Reading List of Historical Trauma in Fiction

Letting the Unspoken Speak: A Reading List of Historical Trauma in Fiction

Etaf Rum Recommends Lisa Ko, Tommy Orange, Lan Cao, and More

By Etaf Rum | September 22, 2023

The Vietnam War, 50 Years On: A Reading List

The Vietnam War, 50 Years On: A Reading List

George Black Recommends Frederick Logevall, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, and More

By George Black | April 28, 2023

Making History: Six Books That Embrace the 1970s

Making History: Six Books That Embrace the 1970s

Yes, Novels Set in the 70s Are Historical Fiction Now

By Donna Gordon | June 23, 2022

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How War Literature Occupies the Realms of Both Fact and Fiction

By Phil Klay | May 17, 2022

Bud Smith on the Quintessential “Road Trip” Novel

By Bud Smith | May 10, 2022

On Tim O’Brien’s Relationship to Writing and Fatherhood

By Teresa Fazio | June 2, 2021

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The Things They Carried is finally being adapted for film (and the cast is insane).">

The Things They Carried is finally being adapted for film (and the cast is insane).">The Things They Carried is finally being adapted for film (and the cast is insane).

By Emily Temple | November 3, 2020

Tim O’Brien recited poetry to himself to get through the war.

Tim O’Brien recited poetry to himself to get through the war.

By Jonny Diamond | October 21, 2020

An Alaska school board will keep classics on the curriculum after an uproar over their removal.

An Alaska school board will keep classics on the curriculum after an uproar over their removal.

By Corinne Segal | May 21, 2020

Tim O'Brien on Narrating His Own Book and Becoming a Dad Late in Life

Tim O'Brien on Narrating His Own Book and Becoming a Dad Late in Life

Randy O'Brien on the AudioFile">The National Book Award-Winning Novelist Speaks to
Randy O'Brien on the AudioFile

By Randy O'Brien | December 19, 2019

Tim O'Brien: 'I Despise Absolutism'

Tim O'Brien: 'I Despise Absolutism'

Otherppl">In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 11, 2019

Political Poetry"> How the Vietnam War Changed<br

How the Vietnam War Changed<br

Political Poetry">

Political Poetry">How the Vietnam War Changed
Political Poetry

Deer Hunter, and the Arts That Disillusioned Soldiers Turned to">Daniel H. Weiss on Michael O'Donnell, Deer Hunter, and the Arts That Disillusioned Soldiers Turned to

By Daniel H. Weiss | November 20, 2019

Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

On the Scars of War and the Bonds of Vietnam

By Tim O'Brien | October 17, 2019

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