VIETNAM WAR ERA NOVEL — REVIEWS by
HEMINGWAY'S EDITOR FORMER US DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, AND:
- NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
- NPR
- FOREWORD REVIEWS
- RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
- FREDERICKSBURG FREE LANCE-STAR
- Univ Profs
- Publishers
- Editors
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/
AUTHOR BIO: JEFF SCHNADER
Jeff Schnader is an author of fiction living in Norfolk, Virginia. His Vietnam War era novel, The Serpent Papers, was published by The Permanent Press in March, 2022, and has been reviewed in major newspapers & magazines and on radio. He was at Columbia University in 1972 where he participated in sit-ins, marches and demonstrations against the Vietnam War, including a protest-turned-riot in front of Hamilton Hall where students were beaten by the New York Tactical Police in full battle regalia. Scenes in The Serpent Papers are authentic because he was there.
The Serpent Papers was a short-listed finalist in the 2021 Blue Moon Novel Competition (see Author's Guild announcement: https://www.authorsguild.org/member-awards/jeff-schnader-wins-quills-creative-writing-contest/). Selected chapters from The Serpent Papers and, more recently, his short stories, The Oma and Durango, were published in The Write Launch Literary Journal (see: https://thewritelaunch.com/author/j-schnader/)
His short story, The Champion, won first prize in the 2020 Annual Quills Contest (LUW; see Authors Guild announcement), and it is now in press for publication in 2022 by the Arlington Literary Journal (ArLiJo).
His essays have been published in Audere Literary Magazine, Bookscover2cover, and The Write Launch. He has been interviewed on radio across America and Europe over 30 times, including stations in New York, Boston, San Francisco, Madrid and London, as well as on NPR and in print in Foreword Reviews, Bookscover2cover, and the Columbia Fiction Foundry.
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 hundreds of national medical conferences. He was a frequent guest on National Public Radio's (NPR's) “Sound Health” and has been awarded for teaching and for editing a renowned 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.
The author in the Marais, Paris, France
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.
PUBLISHED LITERARY PIECES BY JEFF SCHNADER, AUTHOR
PUBLISHED ESSAYS, SHORT STORIES & INTERVIEWS BY THE AUTHOR:
ARLINGTON LITERARY JOURNAL:
PUBLISHED SHORT STORY- "The Champion" (in press for 2022)
1st Prize Winner of the 2020 Quills Contest (LUW)
AUDERE MAGAZINE (May 2022):
PUBLISHED ESSAY- "Revisiting Columbia's Vietnam Protests: Why I Wrote The Serpent Papers"
BOOKSCOVER2COVER
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/
COLUMBIA FICTION FOUNDRY:
PUBLISHED ESSAY- "My Pilgrimage to Publication" https://fictionfoundry.alumni.columbia.edu/jeff_schnader_debut
FOREWORD REVIEWS
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR: https://www.forewordreviews.com/articles/article/reviewer-kristine-morris-interviews-jeff-schnader-author-of-the-serpent-papers/
THE WRITE LAUNCH LITERARY JOURNAL
Author Page: https://thewritelaunch.com/author/j-schnader/
THE WRITE LAUNCH LITERARY JOURNAL
PUBLISHED SHORT STORY- "The Oma" (Aug 2021): https://thewritelaunch.com/2021/08/the-oma/
THE WRITE LAUNCH LITERARY JOURNAL
PUBLISHED SHORT STORY- "Durango" (Dec 2021): https://thewritelaunch.com/2021/12/durango/
THE SERPENT PAPERS: SELECTED BOOK REVIEWS
PUBLISHED REVIEWS OF THE SERPENT PAPERS
BOOKSCOVER2COVER
BOOK REVIEW: https://bookscover2cover.com/reviews/fiction/the-serpent-papers/
SHEILA DEETH BOOK REVIEW (on GOODREADS):
FREDERICKSBURG FREE LANCE-STAR
BOOK REVIEW:
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/
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
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
THE PERMANENT PRESS
The Serpent Papers: https://thepermanentpress.com/collections/forthcoming/products/the-serpent-papers
THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
BOOK REVIEW:
Same Review on PressReader site: https://www.pressreader.com/usa/richmond-times-dispatch-weekend/20220220/282458532394911
THE SERPENT PAPERS AS SEEN ON THE INTERNET
WEBSITES FEATURING THE BOOK &/OR AUTHOR
AMERICAN LEGION: https://www.legion.org/yourwords/books/253579/serpent-papers
Legiontown: http://www.legiontown.org/ownwords/8024/serpent-papers
AUDERE MAGAZINE (May 2022):
PUBLISHED ESSAY- "Revisiting Columbia's Vietnam Protests: Why I Wrote The Serpent Papers"
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 (Winter Issue 2021-22, page 43): 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):
FREDERICKSBURG FREE LANCE-STAR
BOOK REVIEW:
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/
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:
Same Review on PressReader site: https://www.pressreader.com/usa/richmond-times-dispatch-weekend/20220220/282458532394911
VIRGINIAN PILOT
LITERARY NOTES:
VIRGINIA WRITERS CLUB
Author Page: https://www.virginiawritersclub.org/Sys/PublicProfile/64907640/946498
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
The Oma (Aug 2021): https://thewritelaunch.com/2021/08/the-oma/
Durango (Dec 2021): https://thewritelaunch.com/2021/12/durango/
SELECTED RADIO INTERVIEWS & MEDIA AUTHOR 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)
INTERVIEW (taped): Tell Us The Truth with E "Duke" Bennett on iHeart Media & Radio 1040 AM (WBZ), Greater Boston, MA
On Apple (starts at minute 33:30): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mary-ellen-iskenderian-dr-jeff-schnader-tell-us-the-truth/id1527109588?i=1000558782948
On Spotify (starts at minute 33:30): https://open.spotify.com/episode/17iuDA5McbHrxxq3sBqYU2?si=XP6Z8JNQTzissG-g1DI-nw&nd=1
Feb 25, 2022, 11AM (ET)
RADIO INTERVIEW (by Frankie Boyer): The Frankie Boyer Show (WCRN), Worcester/Boston, MA
Hear the show (starts at minute 20:26): https://www.spreaker.com/user/biztalk/fb-031022
Feb 28, 2022
RADIO INTERVIEW (by Warner Lewis): Lewis At Large (KLWN), Lawrence, KS/Kansas City, MO
Hear the show:
March 1, 2022, 9AM (ET)
RADIO INTERVIEW (by Tom Sumner): The Tom Sumner Program (WFOV), Flint, MI
Hear the show: 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
Schnader interview here (starts at minute 29:05): 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/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 (minutes 0 - 33:00): 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/
OR: https://nitter.1d4.us/KSVYsonoma/search?f=tweets&q=schnader&since=&until=&near=
April 19, 2022 RADIO INTERVIEW (Interview by Jiggy Jaguar, BGE Radio & KJAG FM 92.1; 53 Stations-Syndication), KC, MO & Atlanta, GA
Interview: https://jiggyjaguar.com/jigg/jeff-schnader/
OR: https://app.talkshoe.com/episode/19362064
May 19, 2022, 830AM (RADIO INTERVIEW, in English)
Talk Radio Europe (TRE): Barcelona, Spain
https://www.talkradioeurope.com/amazon_books/interviews-w-c-may-23rd-2022/
OR: 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
AUTHOR APPEARANCES: READINGS & SIGNINGS
iNCLUDING WEBSITES &/OR ADDRESSES
MARCH 12, 2022, 2PM
AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING & READING
Slover Library, Plume St, NORFOLK, VA
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
MAY 21, 2022, BOOK READING & DISCUSSION
Van Wyck Library, Debree St, Norfolk
June 6, 2022, STOWE BOOK CLUB
Stowe, VT
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
July 23, 2022, 4-6PM, THE MUSE
AUTHOR READING & BOOK SIGNING
The MUSE, 2200 Colonial Ave #3, Norfolk, VA
https://the-muse.org/event/jeff-schnader-launch/
August 13, 2022, 10AM - 2PM
NORFOLK LOCAL AUTHOR FAIR
Slover Library, Plume St, Norfolk, VA
August 28, 2022, 3-5 PM (Sunday)
AUTHOR READING & BOOK SIGNING
A-Ibanez Museum, Kilmarnock, VA