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The Iraq War and the Politics of Memoir

February 22, 2006

The Nation correspondent Christian Parenti speaks with young veterans of the Iraq war about politics and aesthetics of writing memoirs. Participants include John Crawford, author of The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier’s Account of War in Iraq, Camilo Mejia, author of The Road from Ar Amadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia, and Kayla Williams, author of Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army.

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