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Anthony Swofford

Anthony Swofford served in a U.S. Marine Corps Surveillance and Target Acquisition/Scout-Sniper platoon during the Gulf War. After the war, he was educated at American River College; the University of California, Davis; and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has taught at the University of Iowa and Lewis and Clark College. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New York Times, Harper's, Men's Journal, The Iowa Review, and other publications. A Michener-Copernicus Fellowship recipient, he lives in New York.

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Orlando to be the site of Florida Writers Workshop, Sleuthfest 2012
St. Petersburg Times, January 14, 2012
...and the University of Central Florida, will take place Feb. 16-18 on the UCF campus. Featured authors include Anthony Swofford (Jarhead), Bob Shacochis (Swimming in the Volcano) and NPR host Jacki Leyden (Daughter of the Queen of Sheba). Early bird...
Events: University of Tampa's MFA Program presents Lectores: Public Readings by Acclaimed Writers
St. Petersburg Times, January 7, 2012
...a seminar for writers and journalists Feb. 16-18 at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Speakers include Anthony Swofford (Jarhead), Bob Shacochis (Easy in the Islands) and Jackie Lyden (Daughter of the Queen of Sheba). Early bird registration...
Book review: 'Uncanny Valley' by Lawrence Weschler
Chicago Tribune, October 14, 2011
...as "Apocalypse Now" being used to pump up soldiers in the first Gulf War, a phenomenon reported by Anthony Swofford in his memoir "Jarhead," filmed in time to do the same for soldiers in the second Gulf War. What does this mean? For Weschler, it's more...
Everybody needs a personal story to guide them
Tacoma News Tribune, October 12, 2011
...as "Apocalypse Now" being used to pump up soldiers in the first Gulf War, a phenomenon reported by Anthony Swofford in his memoir "Jarhead," filmed in time to do the same for soldiers in the second Gulf War. What does this mean? For Weschler, it's more...
Book review: 'Uncanny Valley' by Lawrence Weschler
Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2011
...as "Apocalypse Now" being used to pump up soldiers in the first Gulf War, a phenomenon reported by Anthony Swofford in his memoir "Jarhead," filmed in time to do the same for soldiers in the second Gulf War. What does this mean? For Weschler, it's more...
A SOLDIER'S SKETCHBOOK: From the Front Lines of World War II
National Geographic, September 20, 2011
...in perceptivity and rich in the lessons he learned about what matters in life. In a moving foreword, Anthony Swofford, acclaimed author of "Jarhead" — the award-winning book about the Gulf War that depicts a very different soldier's experience than the...
Fiction Addiction: Lost in Shangri-La - a non-fiction addiction
New Zealand Herald, July 11, 2011
...Wright's unit, and then to the movie-spawning Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War, by Anthony Swofford. The latest in the trend is former lieutenant Matt Gallagher's new release Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War, which began...
Carol Gilbert's Letter from Jail
Disarmnowplowshares's Blog, June 6, 2011
...TN!   This is day number 15 and I want to begin the journey with a quote from Jarhead by Anthony Swofford and his experiences as a Marine in Operation Desert shield. “What follows is neither  true nor false but what I know.”…and heard, saw,...