Reply #16: 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Vietnam Writers

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On Saturday, December 23 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, December 24 at 2:15 pm
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2006 Chicago Humanities Festival-Vietnam Writers

From the 17th Annual Chicago Humanities Festival, a panel discussion on writing about the Vietnam War and its aftermath. Panelists are Philip Caputo, author of "A Rumor of War;" Jack Fuller, author of the novel "Fragments;" Larry Heinemann, author of "Paco’s Story;" and Robert Butler, author of "A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain."

Philip Caputo worked for nine years for the Chicago Tribune and was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for reporting on election fraud in Chicago. Jack Fuller is the author of "Convergence," "Mass," "Our Fathers’ Shadows," "Legends’ End" and "The Best of Jackson Payne." Larry Heinemann is the author of "Close Quarters," "Cooler by the Lake" and "Black Virgin Mountain." Robert Butler is the author of "Mr. Spaceman," "Tabloid Dreams: Stories," "Why Survive?: Being Old in America" and "Severance: Stories."