Haygood book earns strong praise
Event on Feb. 17 at Hall Auditorium officially launches ‘The War Within a War’
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Wil Haygood will launch his latest book at Miami University with a Feb. 17 event at Hall Auditorium.
The New York Times praised Haygood’s “The War Within a War: The Black Struggled in Vietnam and at Home” on Feb. 9 as a “rare, illuminating look at the way the war shaped the struggle for equality back home.” David Shribman in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette piece wrote “Haygood was born to be a writer” in a Feb. 8 review. And a story in the Guardian called Haygood’s new book a “vital reminder” about Black soldiers who served in Vietnam.
“The War Within a War” is Haygood’s 10th nonfiction book. The 1976 Miami graduate will launch the book at his alma mater on Feb. 17 with “An evening with Wil Haygood: Commemorating 60 years of the Vietnam War.” The special event is 6:30-8 p.m. in Hall Auditorium and is free and open to the public.
Haygood will be joined by his editor Peter Gethers, as well as Dorothy Harris of Cincinnati and Dr. Elbert Nelson of Columbus, Georgia. The nurse and doctor, both currently of Cincinnati, are featured in Haygood’s book on the Vietnam War, democracy, and the Civil Rights Movement.
Attendees will receive signed books from the acclaimed author and journalist, who has been the Boadway Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence in Miami’s Department of Media, Journalism, and Film since 2014-2015.
Established in 1809, Miami University is located in Oxford, Ohio, with regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, a learning center in West Chester, and a European study center in Luxembourg.
