David Abrams
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Staff Sergeant Chance Gooding is a bona fide Fobbit—a soldier reluctant to venture beyond the confines of his Forward Operating Base in Baghdad. He works in the public affairs office, tapping out press releases that put a positive slant on the latest roadside bombing or strategic blunder. But, as he’ll soon learn, there’s a very real and bloody war outside the FOB. "Fobbit," a dark cartoon about the Iraq War, was published by Grove/Atlantic in September 2012.
11/22/2024
A new edition of The Quivering Pen has been published: https://davidabrams.substack.com/p/what-im-reading-hollow-by-bailey
This week, I'm focused on HOLLOW, the new memoir by former Marine Bailey Williams:
Hollow is a flare of pain, a throat-aching cry of rage, a wake-up call at 2 a.m., a sharp splinter slipping under the skin into the bloodstream and traveling to the heart, a rumble in the stomach, and a restless chase after self-identity. Bailey Williams' story of her struggle as a female Marine with an eating disorder will have you riveted to the page and leave you reeling with empathy. This is an astounding book about pain and the empowerment that rises out of it.
09/30/2024
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