War Makes Monsters of Us All

August 29, 2009 8:46 AM

The Warrior Writers Project brings together recent veterans and current service members to be in creative community and utilize art-making processes to express themselves. There is a deep necessity for veterans to create when so much has been shattered and stolen. A profound sense of hope comes from the ability to rebuild and transform.
posted by netbros (3 comments total)

Nice. Thank you for posting.

On similar note, check out this site, a PBS site detailing the Operation Homecoming veterans' writing project. If you only have time to check out a little of it, you must see these two clips.

"Men in Black" and "Aftermath."

The writing was compiled into an anthology.
posted by John of Michigan at 10:11 AM on August 29, 2009 [1 favorite]

I think this is a great thing, and I hope it helps. I can only imagine it would. Not sure what else to say about it, although if I can say this in a completely non-snarky way (in the hopes that someone from the Warrior Writers site may be reading this), I think their web presence could only be made better by the absence of auto-starting video clips.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 11:31 AM on August 29, 2009

I felt a bit ambiguous when I saw a video introducing a literary site. But those performances drew me in! Time to delve in deeper...
posted by telstar at 3:35 PM on August 29, 2009