Posted in Art as Therapy, The Second Tour, Trauma Studies on Jan 29th, 2013
I have the honor of announcing that my article Art as Therapy: The Biography of a Novel (published in War, Literature & the Arts, U.S. Air Force Academy, English & Fine Arts dept., v. 21, 2009, pp. 385 – 398) has been selected as one of the texts for a literature course titled Literature and Madness, [...]
Posted in Literary Fiction, Terry P. Rizzuti, The Second Tour, War Fiction, War Story on Dec 31st, 2012
I have the pleasure to announce that my novel, The Second Tour, will again be taught at Regis University this spring as part of their Stories From Wartime seminar offered through The Center for the Study of War Experience. The class, an honors course, features guest speakers every week who recount their war experiences and [...]
Posted in Literary Fiction, Terry P. Rizzuti, Trauma Studies, War Literature on Apr 30th, 2012
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 the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute in Wahington, D.C., a program of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. This adoption is for a “study group” and on-going class titled Psychoanalytic Perspective on Literature [...]
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, The Second Tour on Jun 12th, 2011
The new version of The Second Tour is now available. As I said in my previous post, the changes are minor, with the exception of a new cover and a new Epilogue. I hope you like the cover. It retains some of the old, and blends it with the concept of the narrator looking back over his life with scrutiny. Also, [...]
Posted in Terry P. Rizzuti, The Second Tour on Jun 11th, 2011
This post is to inform my readers that I have a new version of The Second Tour coming out very soon. Most changes have been minor, but a couple are not. For example, there will be a new, more meaningful and attractive front cover. I know, I know, we’re not supposed to judge a book [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Art as Therapy, Terry P. Rizzuti, The Second Tour on Apr 1st, 2011
Art as Therapy: The Biography of a Novel If you’ve found this blog/website, you probably know I’ve written a novel titled The Second Tour. If you’re interested in how or why I wrote it, please visit my article published in the 2009 Volume 21 issue of War, Literature & the Arts, an academic journal produced [...]