Winter OPEN HOUSE & Social This SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7, 5:00-6:00 pm
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Come meet our Instructors! Join us for our semi-annual (Virtual) OPEN HOUSE this Sunday. A chance to meet all Instructors (Dewaine Farria, Jessica DuLong, Jeremy Warneke), along with Director, Kara Krauze, hear more about the program, chat and catch up with past participants and welcome interested new participants.
Voices From War has been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013, with two workshop options through the Winter-Spring season (Wednesday or Saturday).
We are thrilled to welcome two new Instructors DEWAINE FARRIA and JESSICA DULONG!
Dewaine Farria is the author of the novel Revolutions of All Colors (winner of the 2019 Veterans Writing Award from Syracuse University Press). His short stories and essays have appeared in Literary Hub, The New York Times, Rumpus, the anthology, Our Best War Stories, and elsewhere.
You can learn more about Jessica DuLong, Dewaine Farria, and Craft of War Writing Instructor Jeremy Warneke on ourInstructors pageand previous Newsletters.
We are pleased to present our READERS from Voices From War’s
two NYC-based writing workshops for veterans,
Writing and Reading War Stories, hosted by the 14th Street Y in Manhattan, and
The Craft of War Writing, hosted by the Morris Park (NYPL) Library in the Bronx.
Each reader (veterans and a few family members) will share
a brief excerpt from a recent piece of writing
workshopped in our 2020 (remote) classrooms.
EMMANUEL DUVIVIER “Blocked” Memoir
Emmanuel Duvivier served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2011-2016. He has been a participant in Voices From War workshops since 2017 and is working on poetry and memoir. He lives in Brooklyn.
RICHARD ENOCH “Document, Bronx” Prose-Poem
Richard Enoch is a Cold War veteran, who served honorably on active duty in the Navy. He was awarded a Sea Service Ribbon, graduated from Radioman “A” School, and participated in the Shellback Initiation. Richard earned a Master of Science degree from Long Island University. He lives in the Bronx.
LEO FARLEY “The Raid” Fiction
Leo Farley is a United States Army Veteran. He served as a Communications Specialist with the 52nd Signal Battalion in Can Tho, Vietnam, from June 1970 to June 1971. After almost twenty years on Wall Street as a stock and commodities futures trader, he gave up his financial security blanket to devote more time to his artistic endeavors in the theater as both an actor and director. He is a Founding Member of the 29th Street Rep Theater in NYC. He is currently the Artistic Director of LSMFT Theatre Group LLC, where he teaches and coaches acting. He is very happy to be writing, and a proud participant in Voices from War’s NYPL Bronx collaboration, The Craft of War Writing, hosted by the Morris Park Library.
PABLO FOSTER“An Incident on the Train” Poem
Pablo (“Paul”) Foster grew up in the Bronx after emigrating from Cuba in 1962. He received his BS from CCNY and MPA from Baruch College. He is a practicing Physician Assistant in Adolescent Medicine and Women’s Health at Morris Heights Health Center. He taught within the Physician Assistant Program at CCNY before retiring in August 2016. A Bronx workshop participant, Pablo is a former chairman of Community Board 7, and he was the caretaker for his brother, a disabled Vietnam Veteran.
TED HAYES“Serving in the Pentagon” Memoir
Ted Hayes served in the USMC RESERVES from 1961-1965. He is currently a retired College Administrator, having worked for over forty years at Queens College (CUNY). Ted is working on a series of recollections from his youth growing up in Harlem and Washington Heights.
W.S. KLEIN * “Outsiders” Creative Nonfiction
W.S. Klein is a combat veteran. She joined Voices From War’s workshops as a way of capturing her elusive personal narratives from deployments to combat zones. W.S. Klein served in the Army and supported Operation Iraqi Freedom. *W.S. Klein is a pseudonym.
JOHN LOSASSO “Covid Dialogues, #3” Fiction
John LoSasso is a semi-retired, NYC high school teacher who spends his free time reading, writing, and running. He is employed as an academic coach at Pace University. John began pursuing a “dream deferred” when he started writing in earnest upon joining The Craft of War Writing in 2016. His short fiction piece, “Buffalo Soldiers,” which emanated from the workshop, is published in Proud To Be: Writing by American Warriors, Vol. 5. He has also published poetry in Intersections International, and he currently writes regular profiles for Edible Bronx. Originally from Brooklyn, John resides in the Bronx with his wife and son and their cat.
NAIOMY MENDEZ “The Sunshine Massacre” Fiction
Naiomy Mendez served in the Army from 2005-2009. She is now completing her Master’s in Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University. She joined the Voices From War workshop a few years ago while she lived in New York. She now lives in Florida, and given the circumstances, she was able to participate in the workshop once again.
PHIL NERGES “Disorder in the Age of Corona” Creative Nonfiction
Phil Nerges worked as a contractor in Iraq between 2004 and 2007. His short stories have appeared in Amoskeag, The Journal of Southern New Hampshire University and Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. His play, Don’t Feed the Cats, a collaboration with musician/songwriter Vic Ruggiero and the Letter of Marque Theater Company, was performed at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Phil is a lifelong New Jersey resident, where he lives with his wife Donna.
MARIA PASERMAN “How My Father Lost the War” Memoir
Maria Paserman is a retired federal worker who lives in the Bronx. She is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and enjoys writing on a diverse range of subjects. Maria has been a participant in The Craft of War Writing for several seasons.
BARBARA SNOWARSKA “War à la Carte” Biographical Fiction
Barbara Snowarska is a Polish national living in Northern Ireland with her husband who is from Iraq. Barbara is working on stories about her husband’s youth and military service in Iraq in the 1980s-90s.
MARIA SOTO “With Love” Creative Nonfiction
Maria Soto is a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran. This is her first workshop with Voices From War, which she joined to improve her writing and to meet like-minded people (military or civilian). She hopes one day to be able to share her stories with the world.
J.P. SWARTELÉ-WOOD “Dust” Fiction
A native of small-town Ohio, J.P. Swartelé-Wood has lived in five countries and now abides in NYC. Family veterans include those serving in WWI (Belgium) and WWII (Air Force and Navy in US; Pacific Theater; and Army Medical Corps, Normandy, France).
DANIEL WARD “Had I Not Known I Was Dead Already…” Fiction
Daniel Ward served as a Marine rifleman and deployed to Iraq in 2007 and again in 2008. He is currently working on a memoir about his combat experiences.
MIKO YOSHIDA “Moving to NYC” Memoir
Miko Yoshida is a Japanese-American Los Angeles native and the oldest of six siblings. He deployed three times to Afghanistan as a Marine and has worked in consulting and financial services in New York City. He enjoys reading, writing, and crossword puzzles.
DONNA ZEPHRINE “Incarceration” Creative Nonfiction
Donna Zephrine was born in Harlem, New York, and grew up in Bay Shore, Long island. She graduated from Columbia University School of Social Work in May 2017 and currently works for the NYS Office of Mental Health at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Outpatient SOCR. She is a combat veteran who completed two tours in Iraq. Since returning home, Donna enjoys sharing her experiences and storytelling through writing. Donna’s stories have been published in The New York Times, Writers Guild Iniative, The Seasons, Lockdown, Qutub Minar Review, The Bards Initiative, The Radvocate, Oberon, Long Island Poetry Association, and The Mighty.
WORKSHOP LEADERS
KARA KRAUZE – Founder & Director, Voices From War
Kara Krauze is a writer, editor, and educator. Kara has worked in publishing, financial services, the mental health field, and community organizing. Her writing has been published in Quarterly West, Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts, Highbrow Magazine, The Daily Beast, Hypothetical Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Poets & Writers, and elsewhere. She has a BA from Vassar College in International Studies and a MA in Literary Cultures from New York University, where she also recently completed a Master’s in Social Work. She is a licensed social worker (LMSW). Her writing engages with the subjects of war, loss, and memory. She founded Voices From War in 2013.
SIOBHAN ADCOCK – Instructor: NYC – 14th Street Y – Writing & Reading War Stories
Siobhan Adcock is the daughter of a Vietnam veteran and a current Voices From War instructor. She is the author of two novels, The Completionist (Simon & Schuster, 2018) and The Barter (Dutton, 2014), and her short fiction, essays, and humor writing appear in Salon, Slate, Ms. Magazine, McSweeney’s, The Millions, Triquarterly, and others. She has led writing classes and workshops at the Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop, the Columbia Publishing Course, the Gotham Writers Workshop, Cornell University, and the Auburn Federal Correctional Facility.
DREW PHAM – Instructor: NYC – 14th Street Y – Writing & Reading War Stories
Drew Pham is a queer, transgender writer of Vietnamese heritage, a child of war refugees, and an adjunct English lecturer at CUNY Brooklyn College. Previously, she served in the US Army and deployed to Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division. She has published in Blunderbuss Magazine, McSweeney’s, Slice Magazine, Foreign Policy, Time Magazine, The Daily Beast, and Columbia Journal, among others. She serves as an editor at The Wrath-Bearing Tree, an online literary journal focused on themes of societal violence. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
JEREMY WARNEKE – Instructor: BRONX – NYPL Morris Park – The Craft of War Writing
Jeremy Hussein Warneke is a United States Army veteran, who served in Iraq. Following discharge, he completed his undergraduate degree at Sarah Lawrence College. His publication credits include Itscomplicated.vet, NYC Veterans Alliance, Homefront Progressives, Task & Purpose, Scintilla, the anthology Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War, and elsewhere. In 2017, he was a War Horse Writing Seminar Fellow and a second place poetry finalist for Line of Advance‘s COL Darron L. Wright Award. In 2015, he received an honorable mention for photography in Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors, Vol. 4. A former Voices From War participant, Jeremy launched The Craft of War Writing with support from Voices From War, the Bronx Council on the Arts, and The New York Public Library in early 2016.
THANK YOU to Voices From War SUPPORTERS Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council Poets & Writers, Inc. / NYSCA The Rona Jaffe Foundation YOU! – Individual Supporter Contributions
THANK YOU to our Community Partners
NYC – 14th Street Y – Writing & Reading War Stories
BRONX – NYPL Morris Park – The Craft of War Writing
Please consider Voices From War during our End-of-Year Appeal. Your donation of any size helps support our ongoing programming.
VOICES FROM WAR: Offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013.
This workshop (14Y) is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
VOICES FROM WAR’S Writing & Reading War Stories (14Y) is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Learning, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. LMCC.net
VOICES FROM WAR is grateful for support from The Rona Jaffe Foundation.
Featuring excerpts from new fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and poetry from 2020 . . . glimpses into war zones and present-day Covid-19, looks back to childhood and history, experiences of racism, times of loss and grief, acceptance of periods of solitude and loneliness, transitions, and alighting on moments of communion. Community.
We hope you will join us for an evening of community and writing, veterans’ stories, family members’ experiences, and considerations of a complicated year.
Join us for our FALL SHOWCASE featuring Voices From War participants’ new writing! Coming up on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 at 5pm (on Zoom).
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THANK YOU to Elizabeth Lewes for her wonderful reading and discussion of her debut novel Little Falls last month! Missed the October event? You can stillread the book!
Don’t miss our FALL SHOWCASE featuring Voices From War participants’ new writing!
OCTOBER 25th – READING & DISCUSSION with ELIZABETH LEWES
Voices From War, offering writing workshops for veterans and public events since 2013, is pleased to welcome veteran and writer Elizabeth Lewes to read from her debut novel LITTLE FALLS, a mystery set in Eastern Washington State, where Sergeant Camille Waresch returns after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. Elizabeth Lewes expertly threads together this taut narrative unraveling the mystery of a small town murder, difficulties of parenthood, and complicated memories of war.
Publishers Weekly praised Lewes’ “outstanding debut” with its “tight, well-constructed plot” and “searing portrait of Camille as she deals with the guilt she feels over her daughter and her general rage at the world.”
Reading will be followed by discussion (moderator Kara Krauze, Voices From War founder) about writing, PTSD, and veteran experiences, followed by questions from workshop participants and our audience.
We look forward to seeing you THIS SUNDAY for Voices From War’s FALL OPEN HOUSE & SOCIAL.
Join us at 5:00 pm (on Zoom) on Sunday, SEPT 13th, for a chance to greet our fabulous instructors, say hello to fellow participants (from previous seasons, upcoming, and interested newcomers), plus hear more about our workshops. FALL 2020
Instructors: Siobhan Adcock, Drew Pham, Jeremy Warneke
Director: Kara Krauze
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FALL Registration
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Join us this FALL for one of our workshops.
Voices From War Offering writing workshops for veterans (& military family members) since 2013. _________________________
Join fellow veterans in a welcoming writing workshop — discuss published stories and work on your own writing.
Both of our writing workshops will be online via Zoom, with options on Wednesday evening or Saturday afternoon.
Come join our excellent writing instructors and fellow participants for community, craft, and new writing.
FALL Flyers below (pdf available on request).
REGISTER Now for your choice of workshops.
Plus visit our Workshops page for more details.
FALL OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, SEPT 13, 5:00 pm
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Writing & Reading War Stories
Instructors: Siobhan Adcock & Drew Pham
14Y Registration (WEDNESDAYS) – online: Register Now
The Craft of War Writing
Instructor: Jeremy Warneke
Bronx NYPL Registration (SATURDAYS) – online: Register Now
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PLUS Come on out on MARCH 7th for “Veteran Voices” Poetic Theater Productions presents
“Veteran Voices” – a Showcase of Theater, Poetry, & Music
VETERAN DISCOUNT: “VET10” Voices From War community – DISCOUNT: “COMMUNITY15”
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Bronx – The Craft of War Writing (Saturdays)
Manhattan – Writing & Reading War Stories (Wednesdays)
Join usthis SUNDAY, FEB 9, for Voices From War‘sWinter OPEN HOUSE!
Registration for Spring workshops is OPEN! Come meet our Instructors and catch up with other participants….
Voices From War Winter Open House & Social Sunday, FEB 9, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
at the 14th Street Y
344 East 14th St.
New York, NY 10003
Come discuss short fiction, poetry, & memoir written by veterans and select civilians – and write your own.
Whether you’re just thinking about getting some of your experiences down on paper, or have already been writing, join us for 10 sessions this Winter-SPRING — for stories, community, and new skills.
Our stories aren’t always easy to share or explain. In this workshop, we talk about techniques for getting started and for moving forward. Maybe you want to find ways to explain military experience, including combat, to family and friends. Or you may be interested in publication, and want to explore possibilities for sharing fiction or true experiences with a wider audience.
Join fellow veterans in a friendly community this spring for Voices From War’s writing workshop for veterans hosted by the 14th Street Y (344 E. 14th St., NY 10003, near Union Square) or The Craft of War Writing in the Bronx, hosted by the Morris Park Library (985 Morris Park Ave., Bronx 10462).
Voices From Warhas been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013. All levels welcome.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
It was great to connect with NYC-area veterans at the NYC Veterans Alliance “New Year, New You” Resource Networking event on Jan. 27.
Thank you to Teresa Fazio for visiting our Voices From War classroom in December! Stay tuned for her memoir Fidelis due out Sept.1, 2020 – and pre-order now!
Don’t miss Time Out’s wonderful blog. Thank you to Time Out’s Peter Molin for the shout out for Voices From War, co-instructor Drew Pham, and our recent Veterans Day event at the New-York Historical Society. Read “2020 Vision: Old Wars, New Directions” HERE
** COMING UP: Don’t miss Voices From War participant Omar Columbus‘s upcoming photography show and event at the Salmagundi Club! Free Exhibit: FEB 10 – 21.OPENING RECEPTION including PERFORMANCES: this WEDNESDAY, FEB 12, 6:30 – 8:00 pm. “From There to Here: Military Veterans’
Experiences” DETAILS: HERE. **
PLUS – Mark your Calendars: Poetic Theater Productions presents “Veteran Voices” on Saturday, March 7th, 2:00 pm (Poetic License festival at the Wild Project: 195 E 3rd St., NY, NY 10009).
We look forward to seeing you at our OPEN HOUSE (Feb. 9), in our workshops, and at upcoming events!
Best wishes from,
Kara Krauze & the Voices From War team kara@voicesfromwar.org
Voices From War is thrilled to be back at the NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY this SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 2:00 pm, for SIX FANTASTIC READERS followed by discussion and opportunity for audience questions.
Hear from…
SIOBHAN ADCOCK, author of the novels, The Completionist and The Barter, sharing recent writing about her Vietnam-veteran father… OMAR COLUMBUS writing about service in Iraq, what he took and what he brought back… ELLEN EMERSON sharing new fiction about one enlistee’s experience of commitment and family duty… LEO FARLEY looking back at memories from Vietnam and considering youth and the present… PHIL NERGES intoning the weight of history through a convoy ride in Iraq and one man’s face in the mirror… DREW PHAM writing of their service in Aghanistan through the lens of memory and ancestors from Vietnam.
Six rich narratives told through poetry, fiction, and memoir offering diverse views on military service, home, deployment, family, and transitions.
New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West At Richard Gilder Way (77th St.) New York, NY 10024
Veterans Day Weekend SATURDAY, NOV 9th 2:00 – 4:00 pm
PLUS Save-the-Date
Sunday, NOV 24th, 5:00 pm
Voices From War Fall SHOWCASE at the 14th St Y
Voices From War’s “Writing & Reading War Stories” is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Learning, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC.
LMCC serves, connects and makes space for artists and community.
CONTRIBUTORS
THANK YOU to our Voices From War SUPPORTERS
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)
NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
Poets & Writers, Inc. / NYSCA
The Rona Jaffe Foundation
YOU! ~ Individual Supporter Contributions
We are grateful to our workshop hosts!
14th Street Y (Manhattan)
NYPL – Morris Park (Bronx)
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