William Timothy "Tim" O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist best known for his work of fiction, The Things They Carried (1990), a critically acclaimed collection of semi-autobiographical, interrelated short stories inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In addition, he is known for his war novel, Going After Cacciato (1978), also written about wartime Vietnam.
O'Brien has held the endowed chair at the MFA program of Texas State University–San Marcos every other year since the 2003-2004 year (i.e. 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009–2010, and 2011-2012).
Life and career
O'Brien was born in Austin, Minnesota. When he was seven, his family, including a younger sister and brother, moved to Worthington, Minnesota. Worthington had a large influence on O’Brien’s imagination and early development as an author. The town is located on Lake Okabena in the western portion of the state and serves as the setting for some of his stories, especially those in the novel The Things They Carried. He earned his BA in Political Science from Macalester College, where he was student body president, in 1968. That same year he was drafted into the United States Army and was sent to Vietnam, where he served from 1969 to 1970 in 3rd Platoon, Company A, 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment. He served in the division that contained a unit involved in the infamous My Lai Massacre. O'Brien has said that when his unit got to the area around My Lai (referred to as "Pinkville" by the U.S. forces), "we all wondered why the place was so hostile. We did not know there had been a massacre there a year earlier. The news about that only came out later, while we were there, and then we knew."
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- 2013-11-23: Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg, VA, USA released: 2013
- Memories and Moments released: 2013
- Chicken and Egg released: 2010
- Chameleon released: 2008
- Red on Blonde released: 2006
- Fiddler's Green released: 2005
- Cornbread Nation released: 2005
- Traveler released: 2003
- Two Journeys released: 2001
- Songs From the Mountain released: 1999
- The Crossing released: 1999
- When No One's Around released: 1997
- Rock in My Shoe released: 1996
- Oh Boy! O'Boy! released: 1993
- Odd Man In released: 1991
- Remember Me released:
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2013-11-23: Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
Released 2013- Intro
- Climbing Up a Mountain
- Long Time Gone
- Time to Talk to Joseph
- Angel's Blue Eyes
- Lay Down Your Weary Tune
- It All Comes Down to Love
- Keep Your Dirty Lights On
- Brother Wind
- It's a Great Day to Be Alive
- Day Before Thanksgiving
- You Were On My Mind This Morning
- Just One More
- Memories and Moments
- Working on a Building
- Fiddler Jones
- Weary Blues From Waiting
- Alone and Forsaken
- Gentle on my Mind
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
- Free Again
- A House of Gold
Two Journeys
Released 2001- Turning Around
- Mick Ryan's Lament
- For the Fallen
- Paddy Fahey's / Garret Barry's / The Cliffs of Moher
- The Apple Press / The Apple Cart
- Demon Lover
- The Holy Well
- Me and Dirk's Trip to Ireland
- The Lancer's Jig / Gusty's Frolicks
- What Does the Deep Sea Say
- Two Journeys (Deux Voyages)
- The Tide Flows Into Miltown
- Pear Tree / Muddy Roads / Ladies' Pantelettes
- Norwegian Wood
Songs From the Mountain
Released 1999- Mountain Air / Washington's March / Bonaparte's Retreat
- Cluck Old Hen
- Raleigh and Spencer
- The Blackest Crow
- Stobrod's Tune
- When I Die I'll Live Again
- The Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack of Diamonds)
- Backstep Cindy
- Wayfarin' Stranger
- Skillet Good and Greasy
- Mole in the Ground
- Claire Dechutes
- Cherokee Trail / Glory in the Meeting House
- Bow Down
- Lonesome John
- Fair Margaret and Sweet William
- Hard Times
- Angel Band
The Crossing
Released 1999- Ireland's Green Shore
- A Mountaineer is always free
- The Crossing
- Into the West
- Wagoner's Lad
- Down in the Willow Garden
- The Kid on the Mountain
- Lost Little Children
- Ireland's Green Short
- John Riley
- Rod McNeil
- Lord McDonald/Cumberland Gap
- Talkin' Cavan
- The Ribbon in your Hair
- Yew Piney Mountain/Dusty Miller
- Wandering
When No One's Around
Released 1997- Kick Me When I'm Down
- River of Blood Nygaard
- One Drop of Rain
- When You Come Back Down
- Out on the Rolling Sea
- I Like the Way You Cook
- How Come I Ain't Dead
- Love and Laughter
- Love Is Pleasing
- Think About Last Night
- Don't Be Surprised (Mary and Joseph on Christmas Eve)
- First Days of Fall
- When There's No One Around
Take Me Back
- Leave That Liar Alone
- Sweet Sunny South
- I Love You a Thousand Ways
- Just Someone I Used to Know
- Down to the Valley to Pray
- Wave the Ocean, Wave the Sea
- Your Long Journey
- When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland
- Unwed Fathers
- Nobody's Fault but Mine
- Papa's on the Housetop
- Dream of the Miner's Child
- Christ Was Born in Bethlehem
Away Out on the Mountain
- Away Out on the Mountain
- Wichita
- Orphan Girl
- He Lifts Me
- When I Was a Cowboy
- Tragic Romance
- Don't Let Me Come Home a Stranger
- Home by the Sea
- Price to Pay
- That's How I Learned to Sing the Blues
- Bad Day (Hole in Your Shoe)
- When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
- Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
- Father Adieu
Real Time
- Walk Beside Me
- With a Memory Like Mine
- Weary Blues From Waiting
- A House of Gold
- More Love
- There Ain't No Easy Way
- Little Sadie
- Helen of Troy, Pennsylvania
- Five Rooms
- Long Time Gone
- I'm Not Gonna Forget You
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burnin'
- The Second Mouse
- Apple Press/Apple Cart
- Columbus Stockade Blues
- Right Side of My Brain
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- No Picnic Being Cheese: Songs of Steppingstone Theatre released: 2007
No Picnic Being Cheese: Songs of Steppingstone Theatre
Released 2007- Good to Be a Goat
- Grass Pie
- Nobel Song
- Hope
- It's No Picnic Being Cheese
- Stepsisters and Cinderella
- Sun Rises in the East
- Milky Way
- Do Like the Island Girls Do
- Enjoy Us While You Have Us
- Grand Adventure
- The Other Side of Green
- A Fat & Happy Girl & Boy
- Just a Carnivore
- Somebody's Gotta Do Something
- Grove Trilogy
- Cooking the Cat
- We Are the Animals
- Oxygen
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Angel Band
by: Tim O'BrienMy latest sun is sinkin fast
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past
My triumph has begun
Chorus:
Oh come angel band
Come and around me stand
Oh bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home
Oh bear my longing heart to him
Who bleed and died for me
Who's blood now cleanses from all sin
And gives me victory
Chorus
I've almost reached my heavenly home
My spirit loudly sings
Behold the holy ones they come
I hear the sound of wings
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Colorado Springs Gazette
05 Nov 2024
Fake bomb threats linked to Russia briefly close Georgia polling locations
By Tim Reid and Sarah N. Lynch. ATLANTA (Reuters) - At least two polling sites in the U.S ... deadline ... "They're up to mischief, it seems ... On Nov ... (Reporting by Tim Reid and Rich McKay in Atlanta and Sarah N. Lynch in Washington, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien).
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Colorado Springs Gazette
05 Nov 2024
Hoax bomb threats linked to Russia target polling places in multiple states, FBI says
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Colorado Springs Gazette
05 Nov 2024
Hoax bomb threats linked to Russia target polling places in battleground states, FBI says
By Tim Reid, Sarah N. Lynch ... At least two polling sites targeted by the hoax bomb threats in Georgia were briefly evacuated on Tuesday ... On Nov ... (Reporting by Tim Reid and Rich McKay in Atlanta and Sarah N. Lynch in Washington, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien).
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A procrastinator's guide to Election Day in the Evansville area
Indiana elections 2022. How to vote in Vanderburgh County on Nov. 8 ... MaCabe Brown, Courier & Press. EVANSVILLE — Have you waited until Election Day to cast your ballot? ... The candidates are ... Brian Gerth (R) ... Tim O'Brien (R) (Incumbent)Governor of Indiana ... 5?.
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‘Olive Days’ author Jessica Elisheva Emerson says she’s one book’s biggest fan
Tim O’Brien’s final book, “America Fantastica.” I pre-ordered it last year, and it’s just been sitting in my TBR pile since it arrived ... Whether I love it or not, once it’s over it’s over, there will never be another Tim O’Brien.
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NFL picks for Week 9: Packers and Patriots are popular upset picks as we pick all 15 games
Solinsky (13-3), Tim O'Brien from NBA Palm Springs (12-4), Arthur and The Desert Sun's Larry Bohannan at (11-5) and Powers, ex-NFL player James Dockery and The Desert Sun's Andrew John all went 10-6.
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Oelwein Daily Register
01 Nov 2024
Successful Get-Out-The-Vote event in Oelwein
29 ... Attendees had an opportunity to hear from candidates, Lou Ann Milks for Fayette County Supervisor; Tim O’Brien for House District 68; and Joe Hegland for Senate District 34 ... “Iowans are hungry for better representation ... .
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Tim Cook and His 11 Lieutenants Who Run Apple’s $3.5T Tech Empire
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Breeders’ Cup 2024: Post positions, odds, entries for Saturday's races, including Classic
Luxembourg, Aidan O’Brien, Ryan Moore, 12-1 ... Wingspan, Aidan O’Brien, Wayne Lordan, 15-1 ... City of Troy, Aidan O’Brien, Ryan Moore, 5-2 ... Ylang Ylang, Aidan O’Brien, Ryan Moore, 10-1 ... Content, Aidan O’Brien, Frankie Dettori, 6-1.
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Election Day is almost here. Do you know what's on the ballot in Vanderburgh County?
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Trump heads to Madison Square Garden for a closing campaign act
Personal attacks ramp up in the final stretch before Election Day. As election days gets closer, Trump, Walz and Obama aren't pulling any punches ... “It makes no strategic sense,” said Trump biographer Tim O’Brien, who wrote 'Trump Nation ... Ted Cruz.
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