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Review: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Richard Z. Santos | Posted 07.22.2012 | Books
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Richard Z. Santos

A day at Texas Stadium is more than enough time for 19-year-old, Silver Star-winning Billy Lynn to see all that's wonderful and troubling about America.

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Are We Ever Too Old to Be Called "Promising?"

Holly Robinson | Posted 07.09.2012 | Books
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Holly Robinson

It's not like writers are ballerinas who can't do splits without injuring ourselves after a certain age, or even football players too fat to run. Is it?

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Interview with Ben Fountain, Author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Teddy Wayne | Posted 06.28.2012 | Books
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Teddy Wayne

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk time-warps back to the excesses of the Bush administration in following the titular protagonist, and the seven surviving members of Bravo Squad, for one afternoon as they receive a heroes' welcome during the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving Day football game.

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