The Literature of Conflict: Reading the Winners of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Overall the soldiers have encountered adoring fans that rave over how much they support the soldiers. ...

Nicole Gilmer             In his novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ben Fountain often describes the media barrage which Billy is sub...

By Christina Weir Thorpe Pivotal moments define Billy Lynn’s existential crisis in Ben Fountain’s novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halft...

The Strategy by: Jess Shankland In the chapter "Bully of the Heart" Billy is spending a couple nights back home with his fam...

In Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, we see a young soldier making a brief return trip home from a brutal tour in Iraq before having to s...

Bethany Douglas Early in  Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk  we learn that Billy is a virgin. This tactic incites in us the understandin...

While Billy is at home, he takes his cousin out to the park and is amazed by how energetic and innocent and entertaining he is.   In thi...