Dr. William T. Hathaway, Salem-News.com contributing writer, is an adjunct professor of American studies at the University of Oldenburg in Germany.
The author of eight books, William T. Hathaway was a Fulbright professor of creative writing at universities in Germany, where he currently writes, meditates, and hangs out with Shiva. If you’d like to contact Shiva and enrich your life with his presence, this website will show you how, all for free: https://meetshiva985866381.wordpress.com/.
Hathaway began his writing career as a newspaper reporter in San Francisco, then joined the Special Forces to research a book about war. Based on his experiences serving on a combat team in Vietnam, A World of Hurt won a Rinehart Foundation Award for its portrayal of the psychological roots of war.
In addition, William T. Hathaway is also author of Summer Snow, and Wellsprings: A Fable of Consciousness, and a nonfiction book, Radical Peace: People Refusing War, which presents the experiences of peace activists who have moved beyond demonstrations and petitions into direct action, defying the government's laws and impeding its ability to kill. He also wrote the screenplay for Socrates, an educational film starring Ed Asner that was broadcast on PBS.
Chapters for Radical Peace are posted on a page of the publisher's website at media.trineday.com/radicalpeace.
Chapters for SUMMER SNOW are available at www.peacewriter.org.
After the war Hathaway became a peace activist. In Radical Peace, he wrote, "Since then my books and articles have centered on this theme, as do many of my non-writing activities. It's become my beat, as they say in the newspaper business."
Email William Hathaway at: william.hathaway@ewetel.net

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