A collection of biographical stories on the subject of life in the National Guard during the Viet Nam war.
John James is the author of The Milk Hours, selected by Henri Cole for the Max Ritvo Poetry Prizeand published in the United States by Milkweed Editions. His poems appear in Boston Review, KenyonReview, Gulf Coast, PEN Poetry Series, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. He is pursuing a PhD inEnglish at the University of California, Berkeley.