Clik here to view.
May is the Month of the Big Read
We are pleased to be participating in our second year of our partnership with the Sno-Isle Libraries in bringing The Big Read to all of Snohomish and Island Counties. The Big Read is a program of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Free Film Screening: Vietnam War Documentaries
Vietnam 1965, courtesy National Archives On Sunday, May 2 at 2 p.m., two Vietnam War-era documentaries will be shown at the Everett Public Library Main Library auditorium as part of The Big Read...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Things They Carried
Many Americans think real-life war is like a John Wayne movie. American soldiers are upright, brave, and honorable. When someone dies, the soldiers act in ways the audience understands. When the story...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Read-Alikes
Cigarettes were the Agent Orange you paid for. –Sully (Hearts in Atlantis) The Things They Carried is widely hailed as one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. Sometimes poignant war stories...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mad-Town
The Things They Carried, the Big Read book in May, is a novel that brings back memories. While I wasn’t around to participate in the events of the Vietnam War era directly, the legacy of the war and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Seemingness of War
The subject of narrative truthfulness has come up frequently in my recent reading, and last week I was surprised to find it again as a central theme in Tim O’Brien’s novel about the Vietnam War, The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Timeless Relevance and Great Craft
There’s a saying in libraries, “Every book, its reader.”* Indeed, every piece of writing is a unique experience for each reader. For me, the beauty of The Things They Carried is its humanity. Tim...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading as a Collective Experience
For the past two years, Everett Public Library has partnered with Sno-Isle Libraries to bring The Big Read to all of Snohomish and Island counties. The Big Read is an example of an extremely...
View Article
