Posted in Author, Literary Fiction, Terry P. Rizzuti, War Fiction, War Novel, War Story on Apr 21st, 2012
I’m pleased to announce I’ve received a very nice new book review of The Second Tour posted on the Blog Critics website. The review was written by Mr. Joseph Yurt for Reader Views. The review can be accessed at: http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-the-second-tour-2nd1/
Posted in Art as Therapy, Literary Fiction, Published, Terry P. Rizzuti, The Second Tour, Therapeutic Art, Trauma Studies, War Fiction, War Literature, War Memory, War Novel, War Story on Feb 24th, 2012
I had the privilege of speaking to a graduate literature seminar at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2012. The course, titled Literature and Medicine, was taught by Dr. Marshall Alcorn, professor of English and director of undergraduate studies. I talked about my Vietnam War novel, The Second Tour, which was assigned [...]
Posted in Terry P. Rizzuti, The Second Tour, Trauma Studies, War Fiction, War Novel, War Story on Dec 6th, 2011
This is just a quick update to my earlier post regarding the behavioral sciences class I spoke to on 11/10/11 at The US Air Force Academy. The class gave a thumbs-up to my book The Second Tour and to offering it to next year’s cadets, so Professor Wilbur J. Scott has invited me back for [...]
Posted in Literary Fiction, Terry P. Rizzuti, The Second Tour, War Fiction, War Literature, War Novel, War Story on Nov 4th, 2011
I have the good fortune and pleasure to announce that my novel, The Second Tour, has again been adopted for classroom use, this time at Regis University in Denver, CO. It will be taught in an interdisciplinary course titled Stories From Wartime, and team-taught by Dr. Tom Bowie, professor of English, and director of the [...]
Posted in Literary Fiction, Terry P. Rizzuti, The Second Tour, War Fiction, War Literature, War Novel on Aug 17th, 2011
Dear Professor, literary war novels are the essence of great literature. Born under fire, they teach us more about the human condition than any other source, giving us the most altruistic of heroes as well as our deepest, darkest villains. I am seeking academic homes for The Second Tour, a literary war novel that I truly [...]
Posted in Terry P. Rizzuti, Therapeutic Art, War Fiction, War Novel on Jun 26th, 2011
I’ve said this before, more than once maybe, but it’s still worth repeating: I am, I think, fiction personified. I like to make stuff up, in other words, but I like to say something important at the same time, something lasting. I think that’s what we call literature. However, I want participants here (subscribers) to take anything I [...]
Posted in Art as Therapy, Terry P. Rizzuti, The Second Tour, Therapeutic Art, War Fiction, War Literature, War Memory, War Novel, War Story on Apr 7th, 2011
I had the honor of participating in the Twentieth Century Warfare and American Memory Symposium on November 13th & 14th, 2009, in Denver, Colorado. The event was hosted by Regis University’s Center for the Study of War Experience, and co-hosted by Fort Hays State University and War, Literature & the Arts, an international journal produced [...]
Posted in Terry P. Rizzuti, The Second Tour, War Literature, War Novel on Apr 4th, 2011
So, let’s get started. I want this to be a dialogue not a lecture, so jump on in here all you war novelists and readers. Let’s talk about why war literature means so much to us. I’ve tried to explain it in other venues. I think war lit tells us more about the human condition than [...]