Charles Degelman's Blog - Posts Tagged "antiwar"

Here's the latest on my award-winning novel, Gates of Eden, a tale of resistance, rebellion, and love...

In the spirit of the 1960s, LIBERATE GATES OF EDEN

Giveaway! January 8, 9 10 @
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How do we remember those who protested the Vietnam War? Were they hippies, revolutionaries, or terrorists?

Millions of baby boomers came of age during the 1960s, each bearing his or her differing — often conflicting — impressions. Generation X missed out but many are curious about the rebellion and counterculture that preceded them.

And what about today’s young people? What do they understand about the Vietnam War and the resistance movement that rose up on the same campuses many of them attend today?

Enter Gates of Eden, a new novel that may provide educators with a unique resource to help students explore an often-obscured era. [More...]

CF Degelman's "Gates of Eden" and Robert Redford's "The Company You Keep"... One novel, one film, each offering its own crystal-clear window onto a real American dreamscape.

Set back then, Gates of Eden captures the spirit of the people who were enraged by what they saw happening to the people in Vietnam and their own nation and set out to create the most powerful antiwar movement in history.

Set now, "The Company You Keep" focuses on those who had the courage to risk their freedom, even then lives to stop the war machine and the system driving it.

If you are between 18 and 30 and you are reading this? You would have been a part of that movement...

Gates of Eden http://t.co/n5xvOoBEJ5
Company You Keep > http://t.co/DNtbmMRoNW

What was the difference between a hippie, a Digger, and a 60s politico? Between a commune and collective? It's all here...

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Yes, book reviews can be helpful to an author, but I was especially thrilled when a student journalist from one of my writing classes interviewed me to write this Cal State LA University Times article. Excerpt and link below:

"A Bowl Full of Nails, like my first novel Gates of Eden, has been part of an effort to set the record straight about how ingenious and successful the resistance and alternative-lifestyle movements of the 1960s really were," he says. "Those were important times, not only for me, but for the entire nation. And much of this significance came from the energy, idealism, and action of students on campuses who protested the Vietnam War, including '60s war resistors on our own Cal State LA campus!" [read more]

A bowl full of bronze nails for author Charles Degelman — his new novel collected a bronze medal from the Independent Publishers Book Awards.

The awards, known as “IPPYs” are intended to recognize and honor exemplary independent and university titles published each year.

This year's IPPY Bronze is the second kudo for Degelman's 60s tale of resistance rebellion and love. Earlier, A Bowl Full of Nails rose to finalist in the Bellwether Competition, sponsored by Barbara Kingsolver.

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