- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Characterized
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- Nov 07, 2020
In media coverage of the war, Afghans are often characterized as corrupt and deceitful. There has certainly been plenty of corruption and deceit in this conflict, but why? What inspires these behaviors? In 'Green on Blue,' I wanted to render a world that is often overlooked: that of the average Afghans who are helping America wage its war.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Literature has always been a part of my life. I studied history and literature in college. My mother is a novelist; I grew up around books.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
The creation is a very internal process, and publishing the book is a very external process. It is nice to see the book out in the world and people having the same reaction as when I created it. The point of all art is the emotional transference, and when that happens, the book has succeeded.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether your mother is a novelist like mine or a third-generation military wife, the idea of a son or daughter being in mortal danger is terrifying.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are these moments in the military where you're present at these enormous intersections of history and humanity. I came out of the end of that, and I just wanted to write. If you do it well, you know it will last. It can't get blown away like everything else.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wars have economies. And I don't mean financial economies, although that's often part of it. Why do people continue fighting these wars? There are financial incentives.
- Bled
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- Nov 07, 2020