To Shed One’s Sickness, by Andrew Romey

Posted on June 30, 2011 by MEA Admin

Andrew Romey discusses the creation of the first JME, the healing effect that writing can have upon those who’ve experienced combat, as well as the importance of veterans telling their stories to a public unaware of the consequences of war.

Click the picture below to read the full article from the The American Legion.

JME 1 Book Signing — In April 2011, veteran authors and artists gathered at Hastings in Richmond, KY to sign copies of the first volume of The Journal of Military Experience. These veterans represent the Army and the Marine Corp, the Air Force and the Navy, and can claim service in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, the Gulf War, and elsewhere while in defense of freedom.

Category: Press Coverage

Military Experience and the Arts, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose primary mission is to work with veterans and their families to publish short stories, essays, poems, and artwork in our biannual publication, As You Were: The Military Review, periodic editions of Blue Nostalgia: The Journal of Post-Traumatic Growth and others. To the best of our ability, we pair each author or poet that submits work to us with a mentor to work one-on-one to polish their work or learn new skills and techniques.

Our staff is based all over the country and includes college professors, professional authors, veterans’ advocates, and clinicians. As such, most of our services are provided through email and online writing workshops.

All editing, consultations, and workshops are free of charge. Veterans and their families pay nothing for our services, and they never will.

Under our Publications tab, there are more than two dozen volumes of creative work crafted by veterans and their family members as well as a virtual art gallery. Our blog posts feature short pieces that cover a wide range of opinion editorials, literary reviews, and profiles on veteran artists and writers.

Please consider spending some time navigating our site and reading and seeing the fine work of veterans and their families from around the globe.

Share this:

Related