Blue Ear Books
Ethan Casey, Blue Ear Books, Lisa Carrington Firmin, Robert Jensen, Josh Cannon, Don Macleay, Rutikanga Patrick, John Singleton, Larry Dohrs, Gérald Oriol Jr, David Grantham, Cody LeRoy Wilson, Lauren HeadBlue Ear Books publishes selected new and reprinted nonfiction books of particular global or topical interest, including personal accounts by American military veterans. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter for excerpts and articles by our authors.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 110 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Seattle event: An American physician in Gaza
Dear friends,
It’s with great pride that I announce the publication of a very special new Blue Ear Books book, The Blood on My Hands: A Memoir of a Moral Catastrophe by Dr. Mimi Syed with Dr. Helen Hwaihi. Dr. Syed is an American emergency...
9/11: We should never forget the pain and loss
Most Americans remember exactly where they were on 11 September 2001. I sure do, and I thought it was time for me to share my story. It was 25 years ago that I met the President of the United States on that day, and got a peek into the exec...
“There are no unsacred places”: Wendell Berry’s memory will trouble my thoughts
I think of Wendell Berry every time I use my chainsaw.
Berry, the novelist/essayist and unofficial poet laureate of the sustainable agriculture movement, died this week at 92. I met him several times through my association with The Land In...
Our stories exist alongside one another’s
A few weeks ago, my younger brother surprised me when he asked if we could listen to the audiobook of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist together. He’s not much of a reader, but as we made the long drive home to Texas from a weekend of hiking in...
Graduation Day in Iraq
The long, cumbersome process of handing over Camp Bucca prison to the Iraqis training as detention officers culminated with cadet graduation one late April day. Erin and I had graciously accepted the invitation from the Army National Guard...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Book publisher, writer, editor. Most recent books: veterans' anthology, Jonestown memoir, account of innovative international education.
Retired USAF Colonel, Latina, Poet, Writer, and Higher Education professional
Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin and a founding board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center.
Father, scholar, axe aficionado. Director of Research at the Frederick Honors College, University of Pittsburgh. Author of ‘Fatal Second Helen: A Modern Veteran’s Iliad’.
a Spanish speaking news junkie from Oakland CA
Patrick Rutikanga is a Rwandan author dedicated to sharing the Gisimba Memorial Center’s story of resilience and healing, blending history and trauma-informed care to show how compassion and connection can transform lives and communities.
Author, postmodern hillbilly, collector of junk (mostly rocks), researcher, living/rediscovering an old family homestead in Southwest Appalachia.
I'm interested in SE Asia, human rights, financial activism and bicycles!
David A. Grantham, Ph.D. is an Air Force veteran and thought leader in areas of intelligence and international affairs. He the author of Consequences: An Intelligence Officer’s War. He resides in North Texas with his family.
Cody is a Vietnamese American artists from West Virginia. His art aims to uplift the voices of the Asian American Diaspora experience; highlighting the spectrum of their stories. His dual heritage is his greatest inspiration.
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