Charles Degelman's Writings
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Article
Jul.08.2009
During Robert S. Mcnamara’s most powerful and destructive days, I remember observing that -- after creating all his horror and mayhem -- LBJ’s Secretary of Defense, the “architect of the Vietnam War” would die in bed, a grim reminder of the blind universe in which we live.
McNamara died peacefully, in his sleep, on July 6, 2009.
The only justice was th McNamara...
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Short Story
Jun.24.2008
A Bowl Full of Nails
What happens when an anti-war activist-turned-fugitive discovers that he must confront his personal demons before he can rejoin the battle against the Vietnam War?
Autumn, 1970
Two-shirt weather. That’s what they called it. In the sunlight, you could work without a coat, but if you toiled in shadow or stopped moving, your hands and feet stiffened up. Pretty soon...
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Short Story
Apr.26.2008
American Postcards
Gus rocked in time to the music, rump bouncing against the back of an old, ruptured easy chair. He pushed a mouth harp across tiny teeth, accompanying a blues singer over the pops and scratches of a rapidly revolving 78-rpm record. The harmonica's reedy, discordant moan caught the rhythm, modality, and feel of the music and bounced it back to...
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Short Story
Apr.22.2008
“Los Mecánicos” has been published in Cuba, a Travelers Tales anthology.
Cubans make the best mechanics in the world. If you’ve ever had to keep an old car running, you know what I’m talking about. You don’t have the right tools. You work in the street. Your feet stick out in traffic like a couple of ducks. Because of the blockade and the economic embargo, there have been no new cars or parts coming from...
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Change the world; it needs it. ”
—Bertolt Brecht
About Charles
Charles Degelman is a writer, editor, producer, and publisher living in Los Angeles.
He has written and produced documentary and educational films for TNT, Churchill Films, Pyramid Films, Philips Interactive Media, and others. Titles include a feature-...
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