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OPEN HOUSE – This Sunday – NEW Season Starts FEB 22 & 25

February 11, 2023Blog - In the media, News & Updates - VfW, Writing Workshop for Veterans#morevoices, #workshops, 14th Street Y, Afghanistan, Iraq, LMCC, military family, Poets & Writers, Rona Jaffe Foundation, The Craft of War Writing, veteran experiences, veterans, Vietnam war, war experiences, war writing, writingKara Krauze

Voices From War’s SPRING 2023 SEASON

REGISTRATION OPEN!

OPEN HOUSE this SUNDAY, FEB 12!

Open House: SUNDAY, FEB 12, 4:30 pm

RSVP: info@voicesfromwar.org for ZOOM LINK

VoicesFromWar.org/workshop

WEDNESDAY or SATURDAY

Join us this SPRING to explore diverse forms of storytelling (through fiction, memoir, poetry), discuss, and work on your own writing. Each season, we welcome recent veterans and those who served years prior, active duty and family members. Come work on your writing in a supportive veteran-focused community, explore your experiences and others, and enhance your writing skills, whether a new writer, or one revising previous work. QUESTIONS? Email: info@voicesfromwar.org

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).

REGISTRATION now OPEN
Details: https://voicesfromwar.org

Literature and the act of writing, our own stories and others, brought from the shadows, given voice instead of silence, offer opportunities for community, for grace and personal insight, for discussion and shared understanding. The darkest and most difficult realities multiply through silence, whereas giving voice — searching for words, for narrative, for structure from fragments — increases resilience, diminishes shame, and offers opportunities for artistic creation, dialogue, and connection.

You can learn more about our instructors on the Instructors page and check out previous Newsletters HERE.

Missed our RECENT NEWSLETTERS? Catch up HERE!

OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, FEBRUARY 12, 4:30 pm (online)

OPEN HOUSE – This Sunday – NEW Season Starts this month!

September 10, 2022Blog - In the media, News & Updates - VfW, Writing Workshop for Veterans#morevoices, #workshops, 14th Street Y, Afghanistan, Iraq, LMCC, military family, Poets & Writers, Rona Jaffe Foundation, The Craft of War Writing, veteran experiences, veterans, Vietnam war, war experiences, war writing, writingKara Krauze

Voices From War’s FALL 2022 SEASON

REGISTRATION OPEN!

OPEN HOUSE this SUNDAY!

Open House: SUNDAY, SEPT 11, 5pm

RSVP: info@voicesfromwar.org for ZOOM LINK

VoicesFromWar.org/workshop

WEDNESDAY or SATURDAY

Join us this FALL to explore diverse forms of storytelling (through fiction, memoir, poetry), discuss, and work on your own writing. Each season, we welcome recent veterans and those who served years prior, active duty and family members. Come work on your writing in a supportive veteran-focused community, explore your experiences and others, and enhance your writing skills, whether a new writer, or one revising previous work. QUESTIONS? Email: info@voicesfromwar.org

Voices From War has been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013, with two workshop options through the FALL season (Wednesday or Saturday).

REGISTRATION now OPEN
Details: https://voicesfromwar.org

REMEMBERING 9/11

9/11, and all of those so deeply impacted, is on our minds each year at this time. You can read remarks from Voices From War founder Kara Krauze on the 20th anniversary last year…

HERE
2022: 21 years

You can learn more about our instructors on the Instructors page and check out previous Newsletters HERE.

We are thrilled to have SIOBHAN ADCOCK return to the Voices From War 14Y classroom, with JEREMY WARNEKE continuing in the Bronx (remote) classroom, and welcoming DUNCAN MURRELL as he joins the Voices From War team!

Learn more on our Instructors page and through our Newsletters .

Missed our RECENT NEWSLETTERS? Catch up HERE!

Plus SAVE the DATE for our 2022 Winter SHOWCASE! … Sunday, DECEMBER 11, 6pm (online)

NEW Season Starts This WEEK!

February 23, 2022Blog - In the media, News & Updates - VfW, Writing Workshop for Veterans#morevoices, #workshops, 14th Street Y, Afghanistan, Iraq, LMCC, military family, Poets & Writers, Rona Jaffe Foundation, The Craft of War Writing, veteran experiences, veterans, Vietnam war, war experiences, war writing, writingKara Krauze

Voices From War’s Winter-SPRING 2022 SEASON – Starts THIS WEEK!

VoicesFromWar.org/workshop

WEDNESDAY or SATURDAY

Join us this spring to explore diverse forms of storytelling (through fiction, memoir, poetry), discuss, and work on your own writing. Each season, we welcome recent veterans and those who served years prior, active duty and family members. Come work on your writing in a supportive veteran-focused community, explore your experiences and others, and enhance your writing skills, whether a new writer, or one revising previous work. QUESTIONS? Email: info@voicesfromwar.org

Voices From War has been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013, with two workshop options through the SPRING season (Wednesday or Saturday).

REGISTRATION now OPEN
Details: https://voicesfromwar.org

You can learn more about our instructors on the Instructors page and check out previous Newsletters HERE.

We are thrilled to have Jeremy Warneke continuing in the Bronx (remote) classroom and to have Nina Semczuk return to the Voices From War 14Y classroom and to welcome Timothy Kudo as he joins the Voices From War team!

Learn more on our Instructors page and through our Newsletters .

Missed our RECENT NEWSLETTERS? Catch up HERE!

TODAY! – Voices From War’s WINTER SHOWCASE – 2021 – Dec 12

December 12, 2021Blog - In the media, News & Updates - VfW, Writing Workshop for Veterans#Covid-19, #morevoices, 2021, public event, reading, veterans, writingKara Krauze

Join us for a fabulous collection of writing from veterans and family members…

Still need your ticket? Click HERE for Free TICKETS on Eventbrite

Sunday, DECEMBER 12 at 5:00 pm

Veterans and family members read from new work.

RSVP via Eventbrite (click HERE)

Event on Zoom

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Featuring excerpts from new fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and poetry from 2021 . . . traveling through memory, back into war zones and present-day Covid-19, looks back to childhood and passages into parenthood, in uniform and out, across neighborhoods, across the U.S., across countries, experiences of racism, times of loss and grief, into community.

We hope you will join us for an evening of community and writing, veterans’ stories, family members’ experiences, times of war and conflict, and times looking for peace, making sense through narrative.

Join us for our WINTER SHOWCASE featuring Voices From War participants’ new writing!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12 at 5pm (on Zoom).

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THANK YOU to the New-York Historical Society for our Veterans Day 2021 event!

Writing Veteran Experiences: Women’s Voices After Military Service
Featuring Elana Duffy, Nicole Goodwin, W.S. Klein, Bathsheba Monk, & Nina Semczuk, with Moderator, Kara Krauze

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NEW Season Starts This WEEK!

September 20, 2021Blog - In the media, News & Updates - VfW, Writing Workshop for Veterans#morevoices, #workshops, 14th Street Y, Afghanistan, Iraq, Jeremy Warneke, military family, The Craft of War Writing, veteran experiences, veterans, Vietnam war, war experiences, war writing, writingKara Krauze

Voices From War’s FALL 2021 SEASON – Starts THIS WEEK!

VoicesFromWar.org/workshop

WEDNESDAY or SATURDAY

Join us this fall to explore diverse forms of storytelling (through fiction, memoir, poetry), discuss, and work on your own writing. Each season, we welcome recent veterans and those who served years prior, active duty and family members. Come work on your writing in a supportive veteran-focused community, explore your experiences and others, and enhance your writing skills, whether a new writer, or one revising previous work. QUESTIONS? Email: info@voicesfromwar.org

Voices From War has been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013, with two workshop options through the FALL season (Wednesday or Saturday).

REGISTRATION now OPEN
Details: https://voicesfromwar.org

Save the Date! For our WINTER SHOWCASE Sunday, DECEMBER 12, 2021

You can learn more about our instructors on the Instructors page and check out previous Newsletters HERE.

Missed our RECENT NEWSLETTERS? Catch up HERE!

Join us for our OPEN HOUSE Today!

February 7, 2021Blog - In the media, News & Updates - VfW, Writing Workshop for Veterans#morevoices, #workshops, Dewaine Farria, Jeremy Warneke, Jessica DuLong, military family, veteran experiences, veterans, war experiences, war writing, writingKara Krauze

Winter OPEN HOUSE & Social
This SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 7, 5:00-6:00 pm

RSVP for Zoom Link
info@voicesfromwar.org

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).

REGISTRATION now OPEN
Details: https://voicesfromwar.org

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.

Jessica DuLong is the author of Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift (May 2021) and My River Chronicles: Rediscovering the Work that Built America; A Personal and Historical Journey, exploring the value of hands-on work through memoir, history, and reportage.

You can learn more about Jessica DuLong, Dewaine Farria, and Craft of War Writing Instructor Jeremy Warneke on our Instructors page and previous Newsletters.

Missed our RECENT NEWSLETTERS? Catch up HERE!

Voices From War’s FALL SHOWCASE – DEC 6

November 25, 2020Blog - In the media, News & Updates - VfW, Writing Workshop for Veterans#morevoices, 2020, Covid-19, public event, reading, veterans, writingKara Krauze

Join us on…

Sunday, DECEMBER 6 at 5:00 pm

for our FALL SHOWCASE.

Veterans and family members read from new work.

RSVP via Eventbrite (click HERE)

Event on Zoom

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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.

Click HERE to RSVP

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 still read the book!

Don’t miss our FALL SHOWCASE featuring Voices From War participants’ new writing!

Sunday, DEC 6th at 5:00 pm – RSVP Here

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A Happy Thanksgiving to all. We are grateful for our Voices From War community.

Guest Author, Elizabeth Lewes, This Sunday, OCT 25

October 21, 2020Blog - In the media, News & Updates - VfW, Writing Workshop for Veterans#morevoices, Elizabeth Lewes, Little Falls, mystery writing, OEF, OIF, PTSD, veterans, war writing, writing, Zoom EventKara Krauze

Sunday, OCTOBER 25, 5:00 pm (EST)

Join Voices From War this Sunday for a Reading & Discussion with veteran Elizabeth Lewes, author of LITTLE FALLS.

REGISTRATION FREE on EVENTBRITE (Click HERE)

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 hope you can join us on October 25th!

All Voices From War programming is currently taking place remotely on Zoom.

REGISTER NOW on EVENTBRITE

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PLUS: Save the Date!

Sunday, DECEMBER 6th at 5:00 pm (EST)

Join us for our FALL SHOWCASE
Featuring new writing from Voices From War participants!

REGISTER NOW for GUEST AUTHOR EVENT – OCTOBER 25 – with ELIZABETH LEWES

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Don’t Miss – This SATURDAY! – “The Craft of War Writing – Voices in the Bronx”

December 8, 2018Blog - In the media, News & Updates - VfW, Writing Workshop for Veterans#morevoices, Bronx, BronxNet TV, Intrepid, Iraq war, Morris Park, NYPL, reading, The Craft of War Writing, veterans, Vietnam, war writing, writingKara Krauze

We look forward to seeing you this SATURDAY, Dec. 8th for our NEXT Reading!

Writing from our Bronx workshop The Craft of War Writing

This SATURDAY!

DECEMBER 8, 2018, 3:00 pm

The Craft of War Writing – Voices in the Bronx

Reading & Reception

Morris Park Library

985 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10462

RSVP on EVENTBRITE

Morris Park Library, host to the Craft of War Writing workshop (2016-2018), will be joined by other Voices From War writers to share new poetry, memoir, and fiction about war and diverse veteran experiences.

Featuring 7 participants from our Bronx and Manhattan workshops:

Omar Columbus, Rafael Diaz, Leo Farley, Pablo Foster, John LoSasso, Phil Nerges, Jeanne Swartele-Wood

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CONGRATULATIONS to three of our instructors for their appearance on BronxNet TV show “Open” this week! Jeremy Warneke and John LoSasso (The Craft of War Writing – Bronx) and Siobhan Adcock (14th Street Y – Manhattan).

You can catch the Voices From War segment around 13 minutes into the show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn2IcxVB0zE

THANK YOU to the Latimer House Museum for welcoming Voices From War readers on November 10th!

THANK YOU to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

for offering a Voices From War workshop at the November 30th Intrepid After Hours.