So, thus far, there’s been nothing "official" to which I've had to respond. When the story first broke a year and a half ago, one of the generals jokingly asked me for an autograph, and I've given the previous commanding general for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force a signed galley. In fact, mostly I only get the good-natured ribbing from my contemporaries about how much money I'll make or about who will play me in the movie. Jay Kopelman: I've actually not had any real feedback from the military establishment. So I guess I'm now officially an author.Ī: How has the military responded to it given that you broke a number of rules during your adventure with Lava? I've also been offered a deal by my publisher to write another book. And I'm still hoping to get it published. Not surprisingly, it's a military murder mystery. Jay Kopelman: Yes, I'd considered writing a book previously and have started-but not finished-a novel. Here Jay Kopelman answers a few questions about his aspirations as a writer, and the effect his book has had on readers.Ī: Before you met Lava and had this experience smuggling him out of Iraq, did you ever have ambitions to write a book? In From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava, Jay Kopelman tells a story that is both tender and thought-provoking-candidly portraying the ugly conditions in wartime Iraq, while also describing his (and his fellow Marines') growing attachment to a scruffy stray puppy.
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