Elliot Ackerman, WAITING FOR EDEN

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Elliot Ackerman is the author of Waiting for Eden, the most beautiful, slim, searing book about the wife of a soldier and how she deals with his return home as a compromised version of himself. It's about the effects of the military on families and the inner struggles on the path to loyalty. Elliot is a brilliant writer whose prose makes me want to underline every sentence. His novel, Dark at the Crossing, was a finalist for the National Book Award. He also wrote Green on Blue and Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning. A former Marine who served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart, Elliot is simply no joke. Listen to us discuss ALL of it.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
0:12.3	Moms don't have time to read books.
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0:44.7	Zibb-B-Y for this exclusive offer. I'm really excited to be interviewing Elliot Ackerman,
0:50.1	who's the author of novels Waiting for Eden, Dark at the Crossing, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, in Green on Blue.
0:56.5	He also wrote Places and Names on War, Revolution, and Returning. He's a former Marine and served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the silver star, the bronze star for valor, and the Purple Heart.
1:08.7	His work has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and many other publications. His stories have been
1:14.6	included in the Best American Short Stories and the Best American Travel Writing. He splits
1:19.5	his time between New York and D.C. And I have to say, Elliot is also dating a dear friend of
1:24.9	mine who was the first guest on my podcast, Lee Carpenter, who's the author of 11 Days and Red, White, Blue. So, Elliot comes to me through Lee, but also because of his amazing work as a National Book Award finalist. So welcome, Elliot. Thanks for coming on moms, don't have time to read books. Thanks for having me.
1:44.0	So much to talk about.
1:45.4	You have the most decorated past, a Marine who did five tours and an author.
1:51.5	Tell me about this intersection of now writing and the military and how you got into becoming a novelist.
2:00.1	My mom was a writer, so I always grew up around books.
2:05.2	I grew up knowing authors, so it didn't seem like the weirdest thing to me.
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