Poetry

Project RENEW D.C.-Area Events, June 14 & 15

June 12, 2023

RENEW is a nonprofit humanitarian organization co-founded by Vietnam War veteran Chuck Searcy, that for many years has worked to locate and destroy unexploded ordnance in Vietnam, as well as to supply prosthetics for Vietnamese…

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McCloud Receives History Award

May 10, 2022

Bill McCloud, a member of Vietnam Veterans of America who served with the 147th Assault (Support) Helicopter Company in Vietnam in 1968-69 and today teaches U.S. History and Political Science at Rogers State University in…

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David Willson, 1942-2021

July 9, 2021

David Willson, one of the most prolific and accomplished Vietnam War veteran writers, died July 6 at his home in Maple Valley, Washington, at age 79 of multiple myeloma, which was caused by his exposure…

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Memorial Day Writers’ Project on Zoom, May 31

May 30, 2021

The 28th biannual Memorial Day Writers' Project open mic reading will be held remotely this year via Zoom on May 31, from 11:30 a.m. Eastern time till 5:30. If you'd like to participate with your original…

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Memorial Day Writers Project Goes Virtual

May 25, 2020

The Memorial Day Writers Project, which has held readings by veterans in its tent on the Mall in Washington, D.C., since 1993, just announced that the show will go on this year, although not in…

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Memorial Day Writers Project in D.C. May 28

May 23, 2018

The Memorial Day Writers Project will hold its 25th biannual reading on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Memorial Day, Monday May 28, from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm. The Project's tent will be set up…

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Kathleen Galvin’s War Poetry

January 10, 2018

Kathleen Galvin, the daughter of the late U.S. Army Gen. John R. Galvin, recently published an installment of five poems drawing on her father’s wartime journals in Xavier Review, a literary magazine. Gen. Galvin, who…

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‘Brief Exorcisms’ Spoken Word Recording by Richard Katu

August 2, 2017

You can listen to retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard J. Koeteeuw ("Richard Katu") read the poems on three of his albums under the general title, "Brief Exorcisms, War and Service" on the website…

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New Vietnam War Book on Maj. Michael O’Donnell

July 5, 2017

The New York Times reported June 27 that Daniel H. Weiss, who recently was named President and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is writing a book about the Vietnam War. Weiss, 60, is…

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Memorial Day Writers Project – May 29 on The Mall in D.C.

May 16, 2017

The Memorial Day Writers Project will hold its 24th biannual open mic event for veterans and friends of veterans on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, starting at 11:30 a.m.  The…

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