Wayne Karlin (June 13, 1945) is an American author, editor, and teacher. His books include The Genizah (2024), ''A Wolf by the Ears'', ''Wandering Souls'', ''Marble Mountain,'' ''War Movies: Journeys to Vietnam'', ''The Wished-For Country'', ''Prisoners'', ''Rumors and Stones'', ''Crossover'', ''Lost Armies'', ''The Extras'', and ''Us''.

Early life, college and military career

Karlin attended

White Plains High School White Plains High School is a high school in the White Plains Public Schools system of White Plains, New York, United States. Built in 1962, it sits on 75 acres and has been expanded. It was selected by the U.S. Department of Education as a Sc ...

, in

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and then served in the

U.S. Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionary ...

from 1963 to 1967, when he was

honorably discharged A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve. Each country's military has different types of discharge. They are generally based on whether the persons completed their training and the ...

with the rank of

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. His decorations include the

Vietnam Service Medal The Vietnam Service Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces established on 8 July 1965 by order of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The medal is awarded to recognize service during the Vietnam War by all members of the U.S. ...

, the

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, a Presidential Unit Citation, and the Combat Air Crew Badge with three stars. He received a

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degree in

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in 1970 from the American College in

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and his

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in Creative Writing from

Goddard College Goddard College was a Private college, private college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle. The college offered undergraduate and graduate degree programs. With predecessor ins ...

in 1976.

Post-war and professional career

He retired as Professor Emeritus from the

College of Southern Maryland The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) is a public community college with campuses in Hughesville, La Plata, Leonardtown, and Prince Frederick, Maryland. It serves students living in Southern Maryland's Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert cou ...

, where he taught for over thirty years. He was also American editor of the Curbstone Press ''Voices from Vietnam'' series of books. That series includes ''The Other Side of Heaven: Postwar Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers'' (1995), which he co-edited with

Lê Minh Khuê Lê Minh Khuê (born 6 December 1949, in Tĩnh Gia, Thanh Hoá) is a Vietnamese writer. Her works have been translated into English and several other languages. She was interviewed in Ken Burns Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is ...

and Truong Lu; ''The Stars, The Earth, The River: Short Fiction by Lê Minh Khuê'' (1997); ''Behind the Red Mist: Fiction by Hồ Anh Thái'' (1998); ''Against the Flood'', a novel by Ma Văn Kháng (2000); ''Past Continuous'', a novel by

Nguyễn Khải Nguyễn Mạnh Khải, known as Nguyễn Khải (3 December 1930 – 15 January 2008) was a Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a South ...

(2001); ''The Cemetery of Chua Village and Other Stories'' by Đoàn Lê; (2005), ''Love After War: Contemporary Fiction from Viet Nam'', co-edited with

Hồ Anh Thái Hồ Anh Thái (born 1960) is a Vietnamese novelist. Biography Ho Anh Thai was born in 1960 in Hanoi. He graduated from Hanoi University of Diplomacy in 1983. After graduation, he worked as a diplomat abroad, especially in India, Iran and Indone ...

(2003), ''An Insignificant Family'', by Dạ Ngân (2009), and ''Apocalypse Bell,'' by Hồ Anh Thái (2012), published by the Texas Tech University Press. Karlin also adapted and edited ''In Whose Eyes,'' the memoir of the Vietnamese filmmaker Karlin was one of the script writers and served as a technical consultant and acted in the feature film ''Song of the Stork'', a Vietnamese–Singaporean co-production, which won awards at several film festivals in Europe and Asia. Karlin's short stories and essays have been widely anthologized and appeared in many literary magazines, including ''

Glimmer Train ''Glimmer Train'' was an American short story literary journal. It was published quarterly, accepting works primarily from emerging writers. Stories published in ''Glimmer Train'' were listed in ''The Best American Short Stories'', as well as ap ...

'', ''

Indiana Review ''Indiana Review'' (''IR'') is a small, student-run literary magazine at Indiana University Bloomington. Founded in 1976, it has a circulation of about 2,000. A biannual review, ''IR'' publishes essays, fiction, graphic arts, interviews, poetr ...

'', ''

Michigan Quarterly Review The ''Michigan Quarterly Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1962 and published at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The quarterly (known as "MQR" for short) publishes art, essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and ...

'', ''

North American Review The ''North American Review'' (''NAR'') was the first literary magazine in the United States. It was founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale (journalist), Nathan Hale and others. It was published continuously until 1940, after which i ...

'', and ''

Prairie Schooner ''Prairie Schooner'' is a literary magazine published quarterly at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with the cooperation of UNL's English Department and the University of Nebraska Press. It is based in Lincoln, Nebraska and was first publi ...

''.

Personal life

Karlin lives in

Saint Mary's County, Maryland St. Mary's County, established in 1637, is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 113,777. Its county seat is Leonardtown. The name is in honor of Mary, the mother of Jesus. St. Mary's Count ...

, and was married for 44 years to Ohnmar Thein Karlin, who died in 2020. They have a son.

References

External links

https://publerati.com/the-genizah-by-wayne-karlin/ Publerati author page
Curbstone Press Author page

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