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Twenty years had come and gone since Tim O’Brien last released a novel, so when “America Fantastica” was published in October, many of his fans were as surprised as they

When I met John J. Waters at the Claremont Institute’s Lincoln Fellowship this summer, I was dismayed to hear him mention the impending publication of his first novel. I had nothing against the soft-spoken family man from Omaha; it’s just that years of slogging through unimaginative, MFA workshop-ho...

There are two kinds of people in Tim O'Brien's "America Fantastica": stupid crooks and crooks who aren't as smart as they think they are. If that sounds like an Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen crime romp, you're in the right territory. O'Brien, who made his bones with war novels such as "The Thing

I retired as a colonel and CentCom’s communications director last week. Here are a few memories.

A wave of novels is drawing from wellsprings of race, class and gender to expand the genre.

Summer reading doesn’t have to be a chore — not when you can find the right book. Here are some of my favorites available at Penn State University Libraries that