Hollis Higgins

Vet Lit 2 Hollis Higgins

The second eclectic anthology from Spokane Veterans for Peace, Vet Lit 2: So It Goes is less a sequel than a more thorough mining of the philosophy, emotions, memories, and creativity bonding these comrades-beyond-arms. Members and friends, observers and survivors of a war culture, provide a varied and intense reminder of the power of the pen and the futility of the sword. The verse, fiction, essays and indelible memories in this volume are not all ironic, but they somehow connect with Kurt Vonnegut's signature phrase, "So it goes." Perhaps the most famous of all Veterans for Peace, Vonnegut remains a powerful muse for Americans who write about the spiraling catastrophe of war and militarism creeping into every facet of contemporary life.