Distance EDU On Demand: Anthony D'Aries on 'The Language of Men'

Anthony D’Aries, one of the literary world’s most talented young writers, joins the podcast to discuss his award-winning debut novel, (2012, Hudson Whitman/Excelsior College Press). D’Aries takes us through his journey half-way across the world to Vietnam in search of the truth behind whom his father, a Vietnam veteran, really was. In the process, D’Aries learns not only more about himself and his relationship with his father but how men communicate and what it means to be a man.
 
1:44 Why write “The Language of Men”?
5:35 A rainstorm, a river of garbage, and feeling connected for the first time.
9:44 Why visiting Vietnam left more questions than answers.
11:15 The Language of Men.
14:52 Finding a purpose.
16:11 A code of silence and how men communicate.
19:20 Writing slows down time.
21:26 Vietnam became a gateway to prior experiences.
22:32 Teaching prisoners to write.
24:07 “Trying to pause a movie that doesn’t stop.”
 
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