July 2026
Artist: Michael Archer
Air Date: July 5th, 2026
July’s Writer to Writer show features Ken Rodgers and Rebecca Evans in conversation with poet, essayist, and educator Michael Archer.
Talk about a story.
Talk about the ability to talk about a story.
Meet Michael Archer, Vietnam combat veteran and survivor of Khe Sanh. Though he’s written five nonfiction books, the Khe Sanh triology: A Patch of Ground: Khe Sanh Remembered, The Long Goodbye: Khe Sanh Revisited, The Gunpowder Prince: How Marine Corps Captain Mirza Munir Baig Saved Khe Sanh has lingered the longest with me.
Vietnam veterans silenced themselves upon their terribly unwelcomed return. Michael has been an integral cornerstone in unsilencing the stories of Vietnam.
“As long as nations are going to war, a few will do their best to tell their stories. If a few, from every generation, can tell their stories as humbly and well as Mr. Archer tells his, the record of our culture will be thorough and well preserved.” —Caleb Cage, U.S. Military Academy graduate, combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom II and co-author of the book The Gods of Diyala.
In addition, Michael’s articles and essays have appeared in the Nevada Review, Political History of Nevada—2016, and twice in Naval History magazine.
It was wonderful having Michael as our guest on Writer to Writer, Stray Theater, Radio Boise.
