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VIETNAM WAR ERA NOVEL — REVIEWS by

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HISTORICAL FICTION WITH FRESH PERSPECTIVE

"I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS BOOK"

-THE JEWISH NEWS


"SCHNADER'S WRITING IS MULTI-SENSUAL & POWERFUL"

-NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS


"AUTHENTIC, INTENSE TALE OF COMING OF AGE IN VIETNAM ERA"

-RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH


"One of the best books you will ever read"

-Jon Ostrow, Teacher


“Right at the top of my reads ever... 

"I was a student in 1970, and this book is like walking back to those times—a great story well written” 

-Skip Keith, Hampton Roads Writers


"This is an important book. This is a piece of literature that makes you happy that literature exists.” 

-Reviewer of The Serpent Papers on Audible



Cover Photo: Columbia Daily Spectator/John Taylor Lewis & Andrew Farber

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INTERVIEWS ON THE VIETNAM ERA & THE SERPENT PAPERS

FEATURING: AUTHOR JEFF SCHNADER

"TELL US THE TRUTH"

Abridged Interview 2 min 15 sec

https://twitter.com/TellUsTheTruth0/status/1519395356399783936   



"THE TOM SUMNER RADIO SHOW"

Complete Interview (Spotify)

https://rss.com/podcasts/tomsumnerprogram/406332/



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AUTHOR BIO: JEFF SCHNADER

     Jeff Schnader was at Columbia University in 1972 where he participated in sit-ins, marches and protests against the Vietnam War. He took part in marches and demonstrations, including a protest in front of Hamilton Hall where students were beaten by the New York Tactical Police, who were in full battle regalia. Scenes in his novel are authentic because he was there. 


    His short story, “The Champion,” won first prize in the 2020 Annual Quills Contest, and he was a short-listed finalist in the 2021 Blue Moon Novel Competition for his novel, The Serpent Papers (see Author's Guild announcement: https://www.authorsguild.org/member-awards/jeff-schnader-wins-quills-creative-writing-contest/). Chapters of The Serpent Papers and, more recently, his short stories, The Oma and Durango, have been published in THE WRITE LAUNCH literary journal (see: https://thewritelaunch.com/author/j-schnader/)       


     After graduating from Columbia with a BA in physics, he received his medical degree (MD, CM) from McGill University with further work at Johns Hopkins. He recently retired as full Professor of Medicine after authoring over 50 scientific publications and chairing & speaking at over 130 national medical conferences. He was a frequent guest on NPR's “Sound Health” and has been awarded for teaching and for editing a medical journal. He worked full-time in the Department of Veteran’s Affairs for 22 years, serving American war veterans, including those of The Vietnam War.


Jeff Schnader, author of The Serpent Papers

The author in the Marais, Paris, France

VIETNAM WAR ERA NOVEL

SYNOPSIS: THE SERPENT PAPERS

     J-Bee, son of a military officer, is raised in a violent milieu during the 1960s. After his little brother is persecuted by bullies, J-Bee commits a retaliatory act of brutality, the nature of which scars him. When his best friend, Gilly, volunteers to fight in Vietnam, J-Bee—repulsed by his own violence—refuses to follow either his father or Gilly into the military. Instead, he matriculates at Columbia University in 1971, an era of counterculture, drugs and sex and rock ‘n roll, in order to seek his redemption. 


    While there, he is introduced to the mysterious Serpent, who recites in the campus café, and to the politically active Margo who schools him in anti-war politics and the virtues of peace. Although he feels loyalty to his best friend (Gilly) fighting overseas, he increasingly sympathizes with Margo’s rationale against the war. Torn between supporting the war or protesting against it, J-Bee’s paradoxical feelings are ignited when his friend Gilly, on furlough from Vietnam, visits him at Columbia. With ratcheting tensions and bullhorns leading students in protest, pro-war and anti-war factions collide in campus riots, and J-Bee makes the choice that defines his life, solidifying his outlook on violence. 

Jeff Schnader, author of The Serpent Papers, student at Columbia University in 1972, age 18

EXCERPT FROM: THE SERPENT PAPERS


Abruptly, something deep inside me—a ragged hairy beast locked away, chained for a lifetime to dungeon walls—was roaring, his sound percolating from the depths of my subconscious into my waking state. I felt him shake off his chains, stretch his arms and legs and burst forth from his shadowy cell. Stupefied, I felt life renewed. As cars and people danced down the street, I sat spellbound at the spectacular parade, consumed by love. I had magic within me, and though the people I saw were grotesque—striped, angular, dogfaced—they were magnificent, and I was the gifted witness. Enraptured, I feasted on beauty, grateful to be alive in such a vibrant, colorful painting. So abject yet so privileged amongst all living things, I sobbed to be gifted such sensual wonder. 

THE SERPENT PAPERS ON THE INTERNET

WEBSITES FEATURING THE BOOK &/OR AUTHOR: PODCASTS, ESSAYS, NEWS, WRITER ORGS, COLUMBIA UNIV

AMERICAN LEGION: https://www.legion.org/yourwords/books/253579/serpent-papers

Legiontown: http://www.legiontown.org/ownwords/8024/serpent-papers


AUDERE MAGAZINE:

PUBLISHED ESSAY- "Revisiting Columbia's Vietnam Protests: Why I Wrote The Serpent Papers" 

https://audere.chickadeeprince.com/2022/05/12/jeff-schnader-revisiting-columbias-vietnam-war-protests-in-a-new-novel/


AUTHORS GUILD: 

Author's Guild Spotlight: https://www.authorsguild.org/the-writing-life/member-spotlight-jeff-schnader/

Author Site: https://go.authorsguild.org/members/5798

Awards Announcements for Jeff Schnader: https://www.authorsguild.org/member-awards/jeff-schnader-wins-quills-creative-writing-contest/

Book Announcement: https://www.authorsguild.org/whats-new/new-books-by-members/


BOOKSCOVER2COVER 

BOOK REVIEW: https://bookscover2cover.com/reviews/fiction/the-serpent-papers/

PUBLISHED ESSAY- "My Pilgrimmage to Publication" by Jeff Schnader: https://bookscover2cover.com/essays/my-pilgrimage-to-publication/


BOOKSCOVER2COVER

INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR: 

https://bookscover2cover.com/interviews/jeff-schnader/


BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S75C8127533


CHESAPEAKE BAY WRITERS

Book Page: https://www.chesapeakebaywriters.org/historical-fiction

Author Page: https://www.chesapeakebaywriters.org/members-corner?page=2

April 2022 Newsletter of CBW: See Spotlight News page 6


COLUMBIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 

BOOKSHELF: https://alumni.columbia.edu/content/serpent-papers


COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY 

BOOKSHELF: https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/winter-2021–22/article/bookshelf

Class Notes 1975 CC (type in "1975" to see the article): https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/winter-2021–22/article/class-notes


COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR: https://www.univmeta.com/XX/Unknown/58365309913/Columbia-Daily-Spectator


COLUMBIA FICTION FOUNDRY: 

Book Announcement: https://fictionfoundry.alumni.columbia.edu/day_of_days_by_frank_napolitano

PUBLISHED ESSAY- "My Pilgrimage to Publication" https://fictionfoundry.alumni.columbia.edu/jeff_schnader_debut


SHEILA DEETH BOOK REVIEW (on GOODREADS):

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4396666263?fbclid=IwAR3X8AEGhQ2uWidyVxcu5yEUeBI1Crs0XeciCoo4GkYOCKH8TN550pjUV-4


FREDERICKSBURG FREE LANCE-STAR

BOOK REVIEW:

https://fredericksburg.com/entertainment/arts/books/book-review-novelist-delivers-authentic-intense-tale-of-coming-of-age-in-vietnam-era/article_e90fc139-6b77-5370-915d-c14d36df4776.html

OR: https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/88f914c12925821e25fa0ae3c25161ac-Book-review-fiction-Novelist-delivers-authentic-intense-tale-of-coming-of-age-in-Vietnam-era


FOREWORD REVIEWS: 

BOOK REVIEW: https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-serpent-papers/


FOREWORD REVIEWS:  

BOOK OF THE DAY: https://www.forewordreviews.com/articles/article/book-of-the-day-roundup-january-10-14-2022/


FOREWORD REVIEWS: 

INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR: https://www.forewordreviews.com/articles/article/reviewer-kristine-morris-interviews-jeff-schnader-author-of-the-serpent-papers/

OR: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=1b8fbbc8dc0c83719579199f0&id=9014af60f2&utm_content=buffer8fe2c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR1gUdH4tVISzydW4aZhKDihP56wKnpXOzOF-4BTnSOHAapDLuL5cZ-8Erk


GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58231696-the-serpent-papers


JAMES RIVER WRITERS:

November 2021 News: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#all/FMfcgzGllCdWmwkNmDqgxSsWSSDSrGkC 

Member Bio: https://jamesriverwriters.org/members/membership-account/profile/?pu=267


JEWISH NEWS (UJF of Tidewater, Virginia), March 2022

BOOK REVIEW: http://www.jewishnewsva.org/close-to-home/

OR: https://issuu.com/ujft/docs/12_march_28_2022_passover_issuu/1?ff


JEWISH NEWS (UJF of Tidewater, Virginia)

Book Preview October 2021: http://www.jewishnewsva.org/new-novel-the-serpent-papers-focuses-on-vietnam-war/

Salute To The Military Supplement: https://issuu.com/ujft/docs/military_supplement_jn_2021 


McGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH e-NEWS, Faculty of Medicine

https://healthenews.mcgill.ca/scratching-the-fiction-itch/

OR: https://www.mcgill.ca/facmed-alumni/article/scratching-fiction-itch


NPR, BAUM ON BOOKS (WSHU)

WRITTEN REVIEW & PODCAST:

https://www.wshu.org/podcast/baum-on-books/2021-12-09/book-review-the-serpent-papers


NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS

BOOK REVIEW: https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/serpent-papers


OAKWOOD REGISTER: https://reader.mediawiremobile.com/TheOakwoodRegister/issues/207708/viewer?page=9


THE PERMANENT PRESS: 

Website: https://thepermanentpress.com/collections/forthcoming/products/the-serpent-papers

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ThePermanentPress/posts/


PERFIDY PRESS: 

Website: https://perfidy.press/the-serpent-papers/

Featured on Amazon Author Page of Geoffrey Dutton: https://www.amazon.com/Geoffrey-Dutton/e/B001K6KWSS


PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

GRAB A GALLEY, WINTER-SPRING 2022:

https://grabagalley.publishersweekly.com/contest/winter-spring-2022/?dt=thumb&dc=fiction#display_nav


THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH

BOOK REVIEW:

https://richmond.com/entertainment/books/book-review-fiction-novelist-delivers-authentic-intense-tale-of-coming-of-age-in-vietnam-era/article_7799d50e-18f5-5f9c-964a-45375d9b17de.html

Same Review on PressReader site: https://www.pressreader.com/usa/richmond-times-dispatch-weekend/20220220/282458532394911


VIRGINIAN PILOT 

LITERARY NOTES:

https://www.pilotonline.com/entertainment/books/vp-db-book-literary-notes-032722-20220327-zfstar27srb7dngobizk3vmvsi-story.html


THE WRITE LAUNCH LITERARY JOURNAL 

Author Page: https://thewritelaunch.com/author/j-schnader/

Writer's Spotlight: https://mailchi.mp/thewritelaunch/writers-at-the-write-launch-spotlight?e=bfa5dc5ca0

SELECTED AUTHOR RADIO INTERVIEWS & MEDIA APPEARANCES

iNCLUDING WEBSITES &/OR ADDRESSES

Nov 21, 2021

PODCAST INTERVIEW (by Benjamin Kitchings): THE HISTORY VOYAGER, Atlanta, GA

https://thehistoryvoyager.podbean.com/e/the-serpent-papers-with-jeff-schnader-author/ 


Feb 21, 2022

RADIO INTERVIEW (by John Shannon): Radio Free Galisteo, Albuquerque, NM

Hear the show at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1768260/10166958


Feb 24, 2022 (posted April 26, 2022)

PODCAST INTERVIEW (taped): Tell Us The Truth with E "Duke" Bennett in partnership with iHeart Media & Radio 1040 AM (WBZ), Greater Boston, MA

On iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-tell-us-the-truth-69533212/episode/mary-ellen-iskenderian-dr-jeff-96090291/

On Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mary-ellen-iskenderian-dr-jeff-schnader-tell-us-the-truth/id1527109588?i=1000558782948

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/17iuDA5McbHrxxq3sBqYU2?si=XP6Z8JNQTzissG-g1DI-nw&nd=1

On Twitter (2 min 15 sec abbreviated show segment): https://twitter.com/notifications


Feb 25, 2022, 11AM (ET)

RADIO INTERVIEW (by Frankie Boyer): The Frankie Boyer Show (WCRN), Worcester/Boston, MA

Hear the show at: https://www.spreaker.com/user/biztalk/fb-031022 (minute 21)


Feb 28, 2022 

RADIO INTERVIEW (by Warner Lewis): Lewis At Large (KLWN), Lawrence, KS/Kansas City, MO

https://www.klwn.com/lewis-at-large-w-warner-lewis/


March 1, 2022, 9AM (ET)

RADIO INTERVIEW (by Tom Sumner): The Tom Sumner Program (WFOV), Flint, MI

Hear the show at: https://rss.com/podcasts/tomsumnerprogram/406332/


March 2, 2022, 7:05 AM (ET) 

RADIO INTERVIEW (live by James Lowe): 1110 AM & 93.5 FM (WTBQ) and 1500 AM & 98.3 FM (WGHT), The Frank Truatt Morning Show (NY and NJ’s #1 Drive Time Morning Show), Orange County-Northern NJ-New York Metro

https://wtbq.com/the-frank-truatt-morning-show/


March 9, 2022

RADIO INTERVIEW (by Nick Burns): KRCL (FM 96.5 & FM 90.9), Salt Lake City & Park City, UT

See complete timeline of Columbia protests and Schnader interview here: https://krcl.org/blog/radioactive-030922/


March 10, 2022

PODCAST INTERVIEW (by Alain Guillot): Alain Guillot,, Montreal, PQ, Canada

https://www.alainguillot.com/jeff-schnader/

ON YOUTUBE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxx7zvzOgA8


March 11, 2022, 8:30AM (ET)

RADIO INTERVIEW (by Jimmy Mac): Dave Nemo Weekends, Trucker Radio, Ocean Springs, MS

https://www.radionemo.com 

https://www.radionemo.com/weekends

https://www.radionemo.com/library

https://www.facebook.com/davenemoshow/photos/a.578427958850952/5747254021968294/


March 15, 2022, 11PM (ET) 

RADIO INTERVIEW (live): Warriors for Peace, Lakewood, WA

The Donna Seebo Show (recommended listening speed = 1.25): 

Hear the show: http://107.182.234.197:2197/ondemand/donnaseeboshow/3009%20Mar%2015%202022%20Tue-Jeff%20Schnader-Donna%20Seebo%20Show-rec_(03_15_2022)_0.mp3   


March 19, 2022, 1PM (ET)  

PODCAST INTERVIEW (by Vaughn Joy): Impressions of America, London, UK

Hear the show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3N1m69ePEv8G2CgsgXET30?si=aGduImnVS0idduBH0-0XTw&utm_source=copy-link


March 21, 2022, 12:20PM (ET)  

RADIO INTERVIEW (live, unrecorded): Mornings in Sonoma (KSVY FM), Sonoma, CA

https://ksvy.org/mornings-in-sonoma-monday/


April 19, 2022 RADIO INTERVIEW (Interview by Jiggy Jaguar, BGE Radio & KJAG FM 92.1; 53 Stations-Syndication), KC, MO & Atlanta, GA 

Interview: https://app.talkshoe.com/episode/19362064

Show Announcement: https://jiggyjaguar.com/jigg/jeff-schnader/


May 19, 2022, 830AM (RADIO INTERVIEW, in English) 

Talk Radio Europe (TRE): Spain, Europe

https://www.talkradioeurope.com/the-book-show/


July 11, 2022, 8:05 AM (ET) 

RADIO INTERVIEW (live by Neal Steele): Neal Steele Morning Show (WXGM, FM Xtra 99.1), Gloucester, VA

https://xtra99.com/on-air/neal-steele

AUTHOR APPEARANCES: READINGS & SIGNINGS

iNCLUDING WEBSITES &/OR ADDRESSES

MARCH 12, 2022, 2PM

AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING & READING

Slover Library, Plume St, NORFOLK, VA 

https://allevents.in/norfolk/slover-library-author-talk-the-serpent-papers-by-jeff-schnader/10000235328894057


MARCH 13, 2022, Noon-4PM

AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING & READING

Book Warehouse, 5625 Richmond Rd, WILLIAMSBURG, VA

https://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlet/williamsburg/stores/book-warehouse


March 26, 2022, 10am - 4PM

AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING: Book Parade-Chesapeake Bay Writers

Midtown Clubhouse, 221 Monticello Ave, WILLIAMSBURG

https://www.chesapeakebaywriters.org


April 9, 2022, 1-3 PM

AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING: 

BARNES & NOBLE: Peninsula Town Center, Newport News, VA

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062148326-0


April 13, 2022, Noon

AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING: @Shakespeare & Co Booksellers

939 Lexington Ave (at 69the St), Manhattan, NY

https://www.facebook.com/ShakeandCo.Lex/


April 14, 2022, 6-8 PM

AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING: @Columbia University

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE, 2922 Broadway at 114th Street, NY, NY

https://columbia.bncollege.com


April 30, 2022, 4-6PM, postponed

AUTHOR READING & BOOK SIGNING

THE MUSE, 2200 Colonial Ave #3, Norfolk, VA 

https://the-muse.org


MAY 21, 2022, BOOK READING & DISCUSSION

Van Wyck Library, Debree St, Norfolk


MAY 21, 2022, NORFOLK LOCAL AUTHOR FAIR

Slover Library, Plume St, NORFOLK, VA 


June 18, 2022, Noon-4PM AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING & DISCUSSION 

Book Warehouse, 5625 Richmond Rd, WILLIAMSBURG, VA https://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlet/williamsburg/stores/book-warehouse


July 9, 2022, 2PM AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING & READING

Van Wyck Branch, Norfolk Library, Debree St, NORFOLK, VA www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org

 

July 16, 2022, Noon-4PM AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING & DISCUSSION 

Book Warehouse, 5625 Richmond Rd, WILLIAMSBURG, VA https://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlet/williamsburg/stores/book-warehouse

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"BOOK REVIEWS"

NOVEL: THE SERPENT PAPERS

-Review by Editor of Hemingway, Baldwin & Ludlum

-Review by Former U. S. Principal Under Secretary of Defense

-Testimonials & Reviews by journalists, editors, professors, PhDs

-Reviews by three decorated Vietnam War veterans

-Testimonial of Kent State University 1974 graduate


PRIZES

-Finalist in Blue Moon Novel Competition

-1st Prize in Quills Short Story Contest

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"MEDICAL BIO"

JEFF SCHNADER'S CAREER AS:

Editor, Professor, Physician & Speaker

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"MEDICAL WRITING" coach for FICTION

WRITING COACH FOR AUTHENTIC MEDICAL FICTION

-Jeff is sharing his expertise as a physician & Professor of Medicine on writing authentic medical fiction

- Recent or upcoming conferences where Jeff will speak

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