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.
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5 books to understand the Vietnam War's legacy
My name is Cody LeRoy Wilson. I am a Vietnamese American, living through the Asian American diaspora experience. My mother is a first-generation immigrant of unusual circumstance: adopted by an American soldier and raised in rural West Virg...
After the World Cup
Haiti’s qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup was a historic moment. After more than five decades away from football’s biggest tournament, Les Grenadiers returned to the global stage and gave Haitians in Haiti and around the world a rea...
Nicaragua: 47 years and a day
Having snacks with an old friend on Monday, I told him about how Sunday had been the anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, and how Daniel Ortega had declared that Nicaragua should not hold elections any more because they just open the d...
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.
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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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