Elliot L. Ackerman, author of Green on Blue: A Novel, Matthew Gallagher, author of Youngblood, and Michael Pitre, author of Fives and Twenty-Fives, join PEN American Center's Peter Godwin, to discuss the authors’ military experiences during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and what led each of them to write war-related novels. The panel discusses fiction versus nonfiction in conveying war realities, war literature from past conflicts, and the central roles that Iraqis and Afghans play in their books. Speakers: Elliot L. Ackerman, Author, "Green on Blue: A Novel" Matthew Gallagher, Author, "Youngblood"; Writing Instructor, Words After War Michael Pitre, Author, "Fives and Twenty-Fives" Presider: Peter Godwin, President, PEN American Center; Author

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