I’d like to share an excellent book. Katey Schultz’s 2013 Flashes of War a collection of 31 fiction short stories offering multiple perspectives to the Middle Eastern conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan. I found this book to offer an accessible “insider” view of common military experiences. Take for example the piece “MREs”; in MREs Schultz writing…
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JME Editors and Contributor Featured on Voice of Warriors Talk Radio
At present, Military Experience and the Arts has close to three dozen editors and volunteers working with nearly 200 veterans, veteran spouses, and scholars as they march towards completion of the third volume of The Journal of Military Experience and the first volumes of Blue Streak, Blue Falcon, and Veterans’ PTSD Project publications. In this…
Michael Lund, VPP Workshop Leader On How Writing Impacted His Life & How it Can Impact Yours
Michael Lund is one of our workshop leaders in the Veteran’s PTSD Project (VPP) Facebook writing workshop. Lund is a retired professor of English and lives and writes in Virginia. An Army correspondent in Vietnam, 1970-71, he is the author of a collection of short stories, How to Not Tell a War Story, and a novel…
Voice of Warriors Hosts Leaders from Veterans’ PTSD Project
Voice of Warriors (VOW) is an organization that brings veterans and resources together through radio and other media. Each Tuesday night at 7 PM they host guest speakers associated with non-profits, initiatives, and outreaches to veterans. Recently VOW hosted leaders from MEA’s Veterans PTSD Project. They spoke about their upcoming publication of stories about post-traumatic…