Tim O’Brien talks about writing his books in the middle of the night, the hope he had for the impact of The Things They Carried and whether his adult children have read his work.

Through April, Valpo Reads a Book 2005 explores issues raised by the Vietnam novel "The Things They Carried." In conjunction with that event, The Times is profiling Porter County veterans and the ...

We hear from evacuees from Hurricane Katrina about the things — mementos, food, clothes — they carried with them, and the precious things they had to leave behind when they fled their homes. Many of ...

Twenty years had come and gone since Tim O’Brien last released a novel, so when “America Fantastica” was published in October, many of his fans were as surprised as they were pleased. They’d had good ...

Fact and fiction blend in Tim O’Brien’s collection of stories about the Vietnam War. A character named “Tim O’Brien” fights alongside his comrades, while another soldier tells a story that gets ...

Veterans of Los Angeles fire seasons past know all too well the importance of having a go bag ready, but as raging wildfires began to engulf whole neighborhoods in the Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and ...

Opening: Theater Latté Da tests again the boundaries between musical theater and straight play with Thornton Wilder's classic. Director Peter Rothstein has assembled a multicultural cast (to better ...