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About David Hamilton

David Hamilton, the author of Deep River: A Memoir of a Missouri Farm (Missouri, 2001), has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia and edits the Iowa Review.

Recent Blog Entries

VQR Wins a National Magazine Award

Kevin Morrissey

Jason Motlagh's report on the Mumbai terror attacks beat out work from Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Mother Jones, Slate, and Time.

Orpheus’s Error

Dimiter Kenarov

“Think like the dead” should be the unofficial motto of the Iraq War. To blend in, American soldiers are feigning death.

The Life and Opinions of Captain Donald Lipscomb

Dimiter Kenarov

A Vietnamese American Army Captain's view of the war in Iraq.

VQR Events This Week

Kevin Morrissey

Join us for a slate of upcoming events featuring VQR contributors, past and present.

City of Trash

Dimiter Kenarov

After the elections, Baghdad is awash in political posters.

The Hurt Locker 2

Dimiter Kenarov

Kenarov visits the school for training Iraq’s own Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams.

We’re Nominated for Two National Magazine Awards

Waldo Jaquith

VQR has been nominated in both the Fiction and Photojournalism categories.

Baghdad: Election Day

Dimiter Kenarov

Dimiter Kenarov reports on the violent and historic day of a parliamentary elections in Iraq.

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Or Fail to Smile: Three Recent Books by William Kloefkorn

David Hamilton

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Restoring the Burnt Child: A Primer. Nebraska, September 2003. $22
This Death by Drowning. Nebraska, September 1997. $15
Sergeant Patrick Gass, Chief Carpenter: On the Trail with Lewis and Clark. Spoon River Poetry, July 2002. $12
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