Military Experience and the Arts has forged an information-sharing partnership with the likeminded organization “Serve the Warrior,” a national all-volunteer run nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles. Serve the Warrior’s mission is “to create community spaces that support healing and provide therapeutic tools to defend against the invisible wounds that American Veterans bring home from…
Spotlight: Rod Merkley’s “Words on a Wall”
An excerpt from “Words on a Wall,” a work of fiction by Rod Merkley that will be featured in the The Blue Falcon Review this November: *** Dust, sweat, and blood are the three things I remember from that day. I squint through the grimy burn of sweat and dust in my eyes. I taste…
Flashes of War by Katey Schultz
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…
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…