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2005 marked the thirtieth anniversary since the end of the Vietnam War. Host Marc Steiner, and seven others made a journey to Vietnam to discover why that war has had such a lasting impact on America, on Vietnam and the world. The first person he turned to collaborate on the series was Wayne Karlin. Wayne is a Marine combat veteran and a writer. He has edited two volumes of works by Vietnamese and American writers. Part of the journey was an exploration of how and why novelists and poets are compelled to depict the war and its aftermath. To help think about those questions, Marc turned to Wayne. Why so many years later, do he and other writers he knows, Vietnamese and American still write about this war?
In this episode of Shared Weight, Wayne interviews writers he has known and worked with including American novelist, Tim O?Brien; Vietnamese-American essayist and NPR commentator, Andrew Lam; Vietnamese writer, Bao Ninh, author of The Sorrow of War;
Vietnamese poet, Du Thi Hoan, and authors, Le Minh Khue and Da Ngan.
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2005 marked the thirtieth anniversary since the end of the Vietnam War. Host Marc Steiner, and seven others made a journey to Vietnam to discover why that war has had such a lasting impact on America, on Vietnam and the world. The first person he turned to collaborate on the series was Wayne Karlin. Wayne is a Marine combat veteran and a writer. He has edited two volumes of works by Vietnamese and American writers. Part of the journey was an exploration of how and why novelists and poets are compelled to depict the war and its aftermath. To help think about those questions, Marc turned to Wayne. Why so many years later, do he and other writers he knows, Vietnamese and American still write about this war? In this episode of Shared Weight, Wayne interviews writers he has known and worked with including American novelist, Tim O?Brien; Vietnamese-American essayist and NPR commentator, Andrew Lam; Vietnamese writer, Bao Ninh, author of The Sorrow of War; Vietnamese poet, Du Thi Hoan, and authors, Le Minh Khue and Da Ngan.
Transcript
Shared Weight: 30 Years after the Fall of Saigon:
ARTIST BORN OF WAR
Produced by the Center for Emerging Media
BILLBOARD [1:00]
HELLO, I?M MARC STEINER, AND WELCOME TO THE CENTER FOR EMERGING MEDIA?S SERIES SHARED WEIGHT, A DOCUMENTARY SERIES ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 30 YEARS AFTER IT?S END. ONE MEMBER OF OUR JOURNEY WAS WRITER WAYNE KARLIN WHO?D BEEN A MARINE HELICOPTER GUNNER IN VIETNAM. HE JOINED US IN A SEARCH TO FIND WHAT DRIVES SOME WARRIORS TO BECOME WRITERS TO BECOME THE COMBAT SINGERS OF THEIR GENERATION. WE DID INTERVIEWS WITH WRITERS WHOSE WAR EXPERIENCES, COMPELLED THEM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, AND GAVE BIRTH TO THE ARTIST IN THEM. FIRST, THE NEWS FROM NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO.
SEGMENT 1: [14:59]
MARC: I?M MARC STEINER, AND WELCOME TO THE CENTER FOR EMERGING MEDIA?S SERIES SHARED WEIGHT. LAST YEAR MARKED THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERARYOF THE END OF THE VIE...
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Timing and Cues
00:00 ? 00:59 BILLBOARD
01:00 ? 06:00 NEWS HOLE
06:00 ? 20:59 SEGMENT A
21:00 ? 21:59 CUTAWAY
22:00 ? 41:29 SEGMENT B
41:30 ? 42:29 CUTAWAY
42:30 ? 58:59 SEGMENT C [INCLUDES CREDITS]
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David Swatling
Posted on October 05, 2006 at 01:15 AM | Permalink
Review of Artist Born of War
A great topic: the experience of war through a literary lens. The journey back to Vietnam of Marine veteran and writer Wayne Karlin is an ideal frame for speaking with writers on both sides of the Pacific. The six writers all have very different styles and points of view so there is a lot to think about. Interviews are interspersed with readings from their work.
However, with so many writers, voice-overs, readings and two narrators, I sometimes had trouble keeping track of who was speaking. It would've helped if Karlin was the sole guide. Nothing against engaging host Marc Steiner - but one person's journey is enough for the listener in this case. I also think the program might have been stronger if somewhat restructured. All the Vietnamese writers, speaking with voice-overs, coming one after the other in the second half gave the program an uneven feel - it got more difficult to follow.
My personal critque aside, this is an intelligent hour on an important subject. It would provide a different perspective for Veterans Day programming. I particularly liked hearing from Bao Ninh, whose haunting novel "The Sorrow of War" should be required reading in schools everywhere.