By Karen Springsteen In the recent column, “On War, Guilt, and ‘Thank You for Your Service,’” West Point Professor Elizabeth Samet argues that the ritual of thanking the troops for their service is a “poor substitute for something more difficult and painful—a conversation about what war does to the people who serve and the people…
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Spotlight: Veteran Poet Ryan Koch’s “Poetry Potential”
by Judith McNeely Ryan Koch is one of the promising new poets whose work will soon be featured in Blue Streak: A Journal of Military Poetry. Ryan describes his poem “Showtime” as one that compares his arrival in Afghanistan to the sensations experienced by an actor taking first steps onto the stage on opening night….
Review: Ellouise Schoettler’s “Arlington National Cemetery: My Forever Home”
By Roger Thompson, Stony Brook University See Ellouise Schoettler’s Arlington National Cemetery: My Forever Home here. Start a discussion with Roger and others who’ve viewed the performance below. Two years ago, I visited my father-in-law at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. He had been buried in 1997, two months before I married…
Grounded: a review by Eduardo Ramirez
This fall, Susannah Martin directed George Brant’s play Grounded at the San Francisco Playhouse. Eduardo Ramirez, MSgt, USAF (Retired) attended one of the showings thanks to the complimentary tickets Kirk Johnson and Nickie Braucher of the SF Playhouse offered free of charge for veterans. As follows, Ramierz shares his brief review of the play: Lauren…