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How War Literature Occupies the Realms of Both Fact and Fiction

How War Literature Occupies the Realms of Both Fact and Fiction

Phil Klay on Maintaining Verisimilitude When Writing About War

By Phil Klay | May 17, 2022

“They Didn’t Know Which Way to Go.” Katya Soldak Sheds Light on the Plight of the Ukrainian People

“They Didn’t Know Which Way to Go.” Katya Soldak Sheds Light on the Plight of the Ukrainian People

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 10, 2022

Putin “Doesn’t Understand the First Thing about Ukraine.” Masha Gessen on the Week-Old War

Putin “Doesn’t Understand the First Thing about Ukraine.” Masha Gessen on the Week-Old War

This Week on Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon

By Open Source | March 4, 2022

Bullshit Saviors: Helen Benedict and Nadia Hashimi on Depictions of the American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Bullshit Saviors: Helen Benedict and Nadia Hashimi on Depictions of the American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 23, 2021

Poet Moez Surani on the Language of War

Poet Moez Surani on the Language of War

In Conversation with Eivind Hofstad Evjemo on
the How to Proceed Podcast

By How to Proceed | December 23, 2020

Just how odd is this month's bestseller list? A look at pre-election bestsellers from years past.

Just how odd is this month's bestseller list? A look at pre-election bestsellers from years past.

By Aaron Robertson | September 25, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

On the Rise and Fall of ISIS

By Patrick Cockburn | April 24, 2020

Lessons From a Decade Reporting on Women During the Iraq War

By Hannah Allam | August 6, 2019

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario's Letters Home from Iraq

By Lynsey Addario | October 30, 2018

Costs of War: On the Ground with the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps in Mosul

Costs of War: On the Ground with the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps in Mosul

From Nick McDonell's Account of Civilian Casualties in American Wars

By Nick McDonell | September 26, 2018

On the Third Most Popular Poet of All Time

On the Third Most Popular Poet of All Time

Philip Metres Reveals His Family Connections to Khalil Gibran, Poet of 'The Prophet'

By Philip Metres | September 17, 2018

Why Do Horror Stories Resonate So Deeply Right Now?

Why Do Horror Stories Resonate So Deeply Right Now?

From Get Out to The Changeling, These Are Creepy (Fictional) Times

By Tobias Carroll | May 10, 2018

When War Destroyed My Grandmother's Grave

When War Destroyed My Grandmother's Grave

In Iraq, War Comes with Various Names

By Dunya Mikhail | April 19, 2018

Phil Klay on the Citizen-Veteran Gap, and Modes of Storytelling

Phil Klay on the Citizen-Veteran Gap, and Modes of Storytelling

"I wanted to be able to approach the subject from many different angles"

By Charles Arrowsmith | October 28, 2016

The Poetry of the War on Terror

The Poetry of the War on Terror

Interrogating the Language of Post-9/11 America

By Timothy Otte | July 7, 2016

Anatomy of a Soldier

Anatomy of a Soldier

Harry Parker

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 3, 2016