Blue Ear Books
Ethan Casey, Blue Ear Books, Josh Cannon, Don Macleay, Rutikanga Patrick, John Singleton, Larry Dohrs, Gérald Oriol JrBlue 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 | 102 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Achilles in Vietnam, Iraq, and Pittsburgh
The books I list below go back to when I was in seventh grade and come up to just a year ago. They were crucial to the book I wrote but, as I have come to realize, they are also crucial to how I think of myself. My book, Fatal Second Helen:...
What July 4 means in Rwanda
For Rwanda, July 4 is Liberation Day: the day the genocide against the Tutsi was brought to an end after one hundred days of unimaginable darkness. For my family, it is the day hope returned.
Blue Ear Books is a reader-supported publicatio...
Port-au-Prince, Jan. 12, 2010: "An extensive workload loomed ahead"
On January 12, 2010, as I headed to a rendezvous with some MINUSTAH staff members to discuss the possibility of expanding our collaboration, I learned that the meeting had been canceled. We had conducted a successful national awareness camp...
How does California work (or not)?
We are getting ready for parts of California to burn down again this year, same as last year and every year since colonization. The Spanish, the Mexican, and now the U.S. periods have in common that they did not allow the native peoples to...
Book launch: The Mithuns Are in Seattle
Portland-based author Edith Mirante and Blue Ear Books launched her new volume, Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts, in Seattle on April 10. The event was held in the warm, welcoming community meeting space of Couth Buzzard...
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Book publisher, writer, editor. Most recent books: veterans' anthology, Jonestown memoir, account of innovative international education.
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!
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