Who Has the Right to Write About War?

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A female novelist who wrote about the Iraq War ponders the insecurities afflicting anyone who writes about war, even on the home front.

Published Jul. 12 2014 12:00AM EDT

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I was buying a book from a vendor in a crowded, fluorescent-lit convention center. The man taking my money—publisher of a small press—was in his mid to late ’60s, with a chatty show-biz manner and a dark purple tie layered over a lilac dress shirt.

Emily Gray Tedrowe

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Who Has the Right to Write About War?

A female novelist who wrote about the Iraq War ponders the insecurities afflicting anyone who writes about war, even on the home front.

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Emily Gray Tedrowe