Abstract
This book review essay discusses Dr. Edward Tick's collection of poetry, Coming Home in Viet Nam, in relation to PTSD, U.S. and Vietnamese history, and culture, and Tick's valiant attempts to take suffering vets "home" to meet "the enemies" as part of treatment. Discussions of my own experiences in the U.S.A during that volatile time and since, in relation to a abstract painting of the war given to me by a South Vietnamese refugee and artist, are woven together for a wider view of the context of the book.
Bio: Dr. Steven B. Katz is Emeritus Faculty in Rhetoric, Communication, and Information Design doctoral program, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities, Clemson University; and Pearce Professor Emeritus of Professional Communication, and Professor Emeritus of English, Emeritus College, Clemson University. He has published many poems, articles, and seven books; his new book, Plato's Nightmare, is forthcoming from Parlor Press.
Recommended Citation
Katz, Steven B.
(2024)
"Book Review Essay, _Coming Home in Viet Nam_ (poems), by Dr. Edward Tick,"
Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine: Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 14.
Available at:
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/survive_thrive/vol9/iss2/14