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September 27, 2019

Q&A: Legendary Vietnam War Writer Phil Caputo on His New Novel in Stories

September 27, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Legendary Vietnam War Writer Phil Caputo on His New Novel in Stories

Hunter’s Moon is, Caputo Says, Largely about Masculine Relationships

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September 27, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Short Stories, Masculinity
February 02, 2017

Q&A: A Young Man's Wry Memoir of Living With a Rare Illness: Gigantism

February 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Young Man's Wry Memoir of Living With a Rare Illness: Gigantism

Mike Scalise Manages to See the Humor in a Series of Terrible Medical Setbacks

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February 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Illiness, Gigantism, Memoir, Masculinity
August 08, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: How War Permeates American Life, a Major Magazine Editor's Memoir, and More

August 08, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How War Permeates American Life, a Major Magazine Editor's Memoir, and More

And James Baldwin's 'Fire Next Time' for a New Generation

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August 08, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Magazine, Military, Brooklyn, Masculinity
June 07, 2016

ESSAY: What "Everybody Wants Some!!" and "Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life" Say About Growing Up Male

June 07, 2016/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: What "Everybody Wants Some!!" and "Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life" Say About Growing Up Male

A Movie and a Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Memoir that are Wise about What it Means to Become a Man

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Essay
Everybody Wants Some!!, Barbarian Days, Masculinity, Men
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