Author/educator and Veterans' Advocate

Fred A. Wilcox is an associate professor in the writing department at Ithaca College. He is the author of several books on issues including the Vietnam War, nuclear power and the Plowshares Movement. His books include, Scorched Earth: Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam and Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange. His most recent book is a novel called Secrets, and is his debut into fiction writing. We’ll be discussing this tragic/comic, and beautifully written book in depth. Secrets was released in fall 2012.