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Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace

Reviews, Readings, Audio, etc.

REVIEWS

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel. Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace, Turning Wheel, Journal of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship
November, 2009.

"Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace: A Must-Read", by Ravi Chandra, M.D.
Nha Magazine, November/December 2007.

"Trauma by Proxy", by Roger Franklin, Resurgence, UK, September/October 2007

Book gives reader a peek into a soldier's mind, by: Bud Pisarek, The Loomis News
March 13, 2007.

Skills of Peace, by William Kowinski (Scroll Down)
March 5, 2007.

"One of a Kind", by Marc Leepson, VVA Veteran (Scroll Down)
February 20, 2007.

San Francisco Magazine, by Jaimal Yogis
February, 2007.

Maui Weekly, by Sky Barnhart
December 26, 2006.

"Extraordinary tales of war and its fallout from the notable and the ordinary", by Gerald Nicosia, Chicago Tribune
December 17, 2006.

"War Stories: The Universal Healing of Veterans", by Sara Bir, North Bay Bohemian
October 11, 2006.

"To tell the truth, to make peace", by Shepherd Bliss, Honolulu Weekly
September 6, 2006.

Shambhala Sun
September, 2006.

 

ARTICLES

Trevor Carolan. "And So Make Peace" Interview with Maxine Hong Kingston, Kyoto Journal
May, 2009.

Maxine Hong Kingston. Obama on O'ahu, Huffington Post
October 30, 2008.

Winter Soldier Iraq and Afghanistan, An Op-Ed piece for the San Francisco Chronicle
by Gerald Nicosia.
April, 2008.

"Veterans group, Maxine Hong Kingston together use writing to heal", by Justin Berton, San Francisco Chronicle
January 7, 2008.

"Vets pen tales of war trauma", by Brian Foley, San Francisco Examiner
March 8, 2007.

Maxine Hong Kingston Live!, by Anthony Pignataro, Maui Time
December, 2006.

Time Magazine. 60 Years of Asian Heroes
December, 2006.

"Return to Vietnam Helps Vet", by Dave Moller, The Union, Nevada City, California
November 10, 2006.

"A poet always on duty: Haas staffer's war-related poems see ink in book of veterans' writing", by Cathy Cockrell, Berkleyan
November 1, 2006.

"Kingston reading highlights stories of conflict", by Len Ly, Campus Times, University of La Verne
October 13, 2006.

"A woman of conscience: Maxine Hong Kingston's passion for peace shows in her writing - and her life", y Allen O. Pierleoni, Sacramento Bee
October 4, 2006.

Interview with Maxine Hong Kingston, by Sonshi.com
October, 2006.

Kingston in Santa Rosa today, by Sara Peyton, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
September 10, 2006.

"Inside a Veterans' Group: Writing about War and Peace", by Shepherd Bliss, LewRockwell.com
August 25, 2006.

"Woman Warrior: Interview with Maxine Hong Kingston", by Aly Comingore, Daily Nexus, UC Santa Barbara
February 16, 2006.

 

READINGS

Video

Maxine Hong Kingston. Acceptance remarks for LA Times Kirsch Award
April 26, 2008.

Cody's Books, San Francisco
October 17, 2006.

Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA, October 12, 2006. Televised by C-SPAN Book TV (Buy the DVD)

Audio

Book Passage, Corte Madera, California, October 11, 2006.
Download iTunes format or Download General mp3 format.

Kepler's Books, Menlo Park, California, October 9, 2006.
Download iTunes format or Download General mp3 format.

The Bookshelf, a weekly program on KPBX (NPR), Spokane Public Radio.
Readings from Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace, by Sara Edlin-Marlowe .

  1. Maxine Hong Kingston Intro 27:35 (mp3)
  2. Yigal Ben Haim, Shepherd Bliss 23:30 (mp3)
  3. Carroll Parrot Blue 24:40 (mp3)
  4. Jim Castellanos 26:49 (mp3)
  5. George Evans 27:05 (mp3)
  6. Ho Anh Thai, Hahn Hoang (mp3)
  7. Sharon Kufeldt (mp3)
  8. Michael Litle (mp3)
  9. Scott Morrison (mp3)
  10. Clare Morris (mp3)
  11. Maureen Nerli (mp3)
  12. Paul Ocampo (mp3)
  13. Gregory Ross (mp3)
  14. Tex Sexauer (mp3) (first half - file is incomplete)
  15. Gary Thompson (mp3)
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RADIO INTERVIEWS

NPR Weekend Edition
January 27, 2008.

KPFA Morning Show, Berkeley, California
January 11, 2008.

KPFA APEX Express, Berkeley, California
February 10, 2007.

Maryknoll Radio, Voices of Our World, New York
December 3, 2006.

KPFA Morning Show, Berkeley, California
December 1, 2006.

AARP Racio
November 14, 2006.

KQED Forum, Michael Krasny interviewing Maxine Hong Kingston
October 23, 2006.

KUCI Weekly Signals, Irvine, California
October 10, 2006.

KPFK Uprising Radio, Los Angeles, California
September 26, 2006.

 

 

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