Maxine Hong Kingston Interview

National Book Award Winner Maxine Hong Kingston discusses her book Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace. For more than twelve years, Kingston has led writing-and-meditation workshops for veterans and their families. The contributors to this volume — combat veterans, medics, and others who served in war; gang members, drug users, and victims of domestic violence; draft resisters, deserters, and peace activists — are part of a community of writers working together to heal the trauma of war through the word. Kingston’s other books include The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey, and The Fifth Book of Peace. In 1997, President Bill Clinton presented her with a National Humanities Medal. Recorded October 10, 2006