Entries from February 2009

27 February, 2009

Soldier’s heart: reading literature through peace and war at West Point by Elizabeth D. Samet, 2007

Elizabeth D. Samet has taught English at West Point since 1997. Soldier’s Heart is her engaging and erudite account of this time, a book about books and so much more: history, education, religion, politics and of course Afghanistan and Iraq. She writes in the prologue:
“My ongoing conversations with students, some of which began [...]