Conversations between a Vietnamese Refugee and a veteran of the war

New book by Teresa Mei Chuc and Doug Rawlings

Hardcover with Dust Jacket, 172 pages
$25 with free shipping
Order a copy directly from the authors: rawlings[at]maine.edu

Cầu Tre (Bamboo Bridge)
Conversations between a Vietnamese Refugee and a veteran of the war


Doug Rawlings

“Nature bats last.”

“…in the end we go to poetry for one reason, so that we might more fully inhabit our lives and the world in which we live them, and … if we more fully inhabit these things, we might be less apt to destroy both.” — Christian Wiman

“…the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends to justice….” Martin Luther King, Jr.

“War is what happens when language fails.” — Margaret Atwood

“One does not make wars less likely by formulating rules of warfare. War cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished.” — Albert Einstein


Doug Rawlings

“Nature bats last.”

“…in the end we go to poetry for one reason, so that we might more fully inhabit our lives and the world in which we live them, and … if we more fully inhabit these things, we might be less apt to destroy both.” — Christian Wiman

“…the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends to justice….” Martin Luther King, Jr.

“War is what happens when language fails.” — Margaret Atwood

“One does not make wars less likely by formulating rules of warfare. War cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished.” — Albert Einstein


Doug Rawlings

“Nature bats last.”

“…in the end we go to poetry for one reason, so that we might more fully inhabit our lives and the world in which we live them, and … if we more fully inhabit these things, we might be less apt to destroy both.” — Christian Wiman

“…the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends to justice….” Martin Luther King, Jr.

“War is what happens when language fails.” — Margaret Atwood

“One does not make wars less likely by formulating rules of warfare. War cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished.” — Albert Einstein