Jared Young

Sep 11, 2024 | backheeled.com | Jared Young |Jerry Hinnen |Sanjay Sujanthakumar |Jared Young

The U.S. men’s national team was supposed to be on a path of exponential growth. That path would extend from their acceptable performance in Qatar at the 2022 World Cup to the 2026 World Cup, where there will be a loud announcement on American soil that the U.S. had finally arrived on the grand soccer stage. Of course nothing in life happens in a nice smooth curve – but few expected the current state of this team.

Nov 3, 2023 | realcleardefense.com | Jared Young

Writing Wars: Authorship and American War Fiction, WW1 to Present. David F. Eisler. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2022. In his new book, Writing Wars: Authorship and American War Fiction, WW1 to Present, David F. Eisler grapples with one of the most complex questions in war fiction studies: Who can and should write a war story? Throughout the 20th century, scholars have maintained that personal experience is essential to an authentic tale of combat and military service.

Oct 31, 2023 | thestrategybridge.org | Jared Young

In his new book, Writing Wars: Authorship and American War Fiction, WW1 to Present, David F. Eisler grapples with one of the most complex questions in war fiction studies: Who can and should write a war story? Throughout the 20th century, scholars have maintained that personal experience is essential to an authentic tale of combat and military service.

May 25, 2023 | tolstoyan.substack.com | Jared Young

It’s been a rough couple of decadesfor poor old Miguel de Cervantes. After being exiled from his home in Madrid, conscripted into the military, losing the use of his left arm during a battle, getting kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery, he’s now working as a tax collector to support his family. Despite his grand ambitions to be a writer, he hasn’t published anything of significance in the past twenty years. He’s 58 years-old. The odds are stacked against him.