Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center

A little info on the upcoming Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center: http://www.vvmf.org/education-center

Vietnam Soldier Remains Repatriated

A very moving article about the repatriated remains of a Vietnam War veteran: http://time.com/3609427/vietnam-war-veteran-cambodia/

Veterans Day Talk 910

A big thanks to Ed Baxter for a great conversation on Talk 910 at KKSF-AM Radio, and to all of those who tuned in!  Happy Veterans Day!

Pleasanton Library Talk 11/16

I will be speaking at the Pleasanton Library on Sunday, November 16th at 2 PM. Come on out to say hi!

Rotary Breakfast Success

Many thanks to Erna Grasz and the Danville/Sycamore Valley Rotary Club for the invitation to speak this morning. A delicious hot breakfast with excellent company was a great way to start the day. Also, a big thank you to all who purchased my books. And a special shout-out to my publicist, Robin Fahr! Today, she was also book hauler, cashier, and early morning taxi in her bright red rocket.

Crow Canyon Country Club

I'll be speaking at the Rotary Breakfast of the Crow Canyon Country Club in Danville at 7:00 AM on October 7th.

Stanford Honor Project Interview

I will be participating in an interview with Ms. Diana Le for a Stanford Honor project on the effects of the Vietnam War on veterans from both sides of the conflict at 2:30 PM on September 28th.

New Web Address

My website is live at a new and much less complicated address: www.blindmanspress.com

Unlikely Friendship Article

Here's an article on friendships formed between formerly opposing sides: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/03/125917_viet-cong-us-veterans-form-unlikely.html?rh=1

Comrade Binh Interview

Here's my interview with Robin and Shawn about Comrade Binh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMIjLkLql88

Grammys for Narrator Danny

Danny, the narrator of both Crazy Razor and soon Comrade Binh, recently won a couple of Grammys for his musical work. Congratulations, Danny!

Comrade Binh Audiobook Coming Soon!

Comrade Binh will be available in audio format soon. Here is an audio sample from the story La Bamba: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/7zcklk10y8ny3wv/Comrade+Binh+Audio.mp3

Comrade Binh Alive Article

A new Alive Magazine article for Comrade Binh: http://aliveeastbay.com/archives/the-many-deaths-of-comrade-binh/

Website Updated!

Check out my newly-updated website: http://kennethlevinauthor.wix.com/blindmanspress#
Quite a few additions have been made!

Crazy Razor Audiobook Ready

Things went even faster than expected with the audiobook: here is the link to it on Audible.com. http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Crazy-Razor-Audiobook/B00IGHK1Q2/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1393016699&sr=1-1
It is also available via iTunes and Amazon!

Audiobook Coming Soon

In a few weeks, Crazy Razor: A Novel of the Vietnam War will officially be available in audiobook format on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes!

North Vietnamese Veterans with Crazy Razor

Here's a photo of some North Vietnamese veterans with Crazy Razor in Hoi An. The man on the left was my guide during my 2012 visit to Vietnam.

MOAA Luncheon Speaker

I will be a luncheon speaker at the Yuba City chapter of the Military Officers Association of America on Thursday, March 27th, 2014.  I will be discussing the return trip he made to Vietnam in order to research Crazy Razor and The Many Deaths of Comrade Binh.  Looking forward to it!

Kind Words for Crazy Razor

Some nice reviews of Crazy Razor:

"Readers will find Crazy Razor an intriguing, compelling, yet disturbing book. A novel grounded in a solid base of reality. And one well worth reading."  

-Mike McGreehan, Correspondent, Monclarion and Piedmonter newspapers and insidebayarea.com

"I opened Crazy Razor up as we took off, and closed it as we were arriving back at Oakland airport one week later.  I couldn’t put it down.  I was absolutely floored that I read every line of the entire book (in less than a year to boot) and didn’t have my normal trouble reading it. 

Loved it.  Thanks.  My wife said that it must have been that the subject was on my mind and very familiar to me, but I think it was more than that…. Levin did a good job.  He sucked me in and held me there, then spit me out at the end."

-Dennis Giacovelli, Director at Large, Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley

"Through Levin's writing, everybody can know more about the perspective of the war, people and the life at that time. His writing is a bridge between the past and present.  People cannot live at  the present without the past. It is precious to read it...Vietnam is not only the war country of the past but is now the peaceful and beautiful country as well." 

-N. Hoang, Hanoi

"Crazy Razor is much more interesting than I was expecting because Levin's emphasis is on the dark recesses of human nature within the context of such an ugly war rather than on strategies, and tactics.  I could not put it down.  It is a profound book about the motives we use to justify our actions, the ugliness of war and the latitude it gives people to be at their very worst."

-S. Reynolds, Ph. D, Clinical Psychologist

"Levin deftly explores the nature of man amidst the chaos and horror of war. And while the main character is no prince charming, Crazy Razor demonstrates with stark clarity that the real villain in war is war itself."

-R. Fahr, Alive,  August 2013

Montclarion/Piedmonter Article

An article recently appeared about Crazy Razor and me in the Montclarion and Piedmonter. Here are a couple of different links, both articles being very similar, but the first one including an extra assessment of the novel by the reporter:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/a92lq35vpctcfc9/Montclarion%20Article%20Front%20Page%20Jan%2010%202014.pdf

http://www.contracostatimes.com/my-town/ci_24872384/oakland-vietnam-vet-pens-novel-about-war

New Book

My latest book, The Many Deaths of Comrade Binh: Tales from the Vietnam War, has hit the shelves!

Own it today: http://www.amazon.com/The-Many-Deaths-Comrade-Binh/dp/0615905552