Tim O Brien, National Book Award winner, reads from his works reflecting on his Vietnam experiences as part of Salisbury State University s yearlong 75 th Anniversary Celebration.
Admission is free and the public is invited.
A reception follows. The author a professor at Southwest Texas State University s Creative Writing Program- is renown for his books and, most recently, a moving essay in The New York Times Magazine about his return to Vietnam. Many of his writings are based on his war experiences from 1969-70. Even getting on the plane for boot camp, I couldn't believe any of it was happening to me, someone who hated Boy Scouts, bugs and rifles. It c ombines a surface of realistic war reportage . .