of The Atlantic Monthly 1 August 2007 interview with NPR regarding the breakup of his fourth marriage Interview with Robert Olen Butler, Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program, September 2009 Reviews New York Times review of Had a Good Time: Stories From American Postcards New York Times review of The Alleys of Eden New York Times review of Sun Dogs New York Times review of Countrymen of Bones Archival collections Robert Olen Butler Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. 1945 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War Writers of books about writing fiction Florida State University faculty McNeese State University faculty Northwestern University School of Communication alumni People from Granite City, Illinois Writers from Lake Charles, Louisiana Writers from Tallahassee, Florida Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners University of Iowa alumni Novelists from Illinois American male short story writers People from Sea Cliff, New York 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners Novelists from Florida Novelists from Louisiana 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers