THE ANTHOLOGY Released by Press 53 July 4, 2009 Digital and Print editions available THE EBOOK EDITION IS AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD VISIT https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/7659 AT CHECKOUT, ENTER CODE LN46E ENTER THE CODE AND YOU WON’T BE CHARGED If you’d like to pay for the book, please do. Except for a small portion of proceeds going to the distributor, your purchase price will go toward supporting MilSpeak Foundation. Thank you for your support. “If the words honor, nobility, self-sacrifice, and altruism mean anything to you, this is the book to buy.” --Stephen Page in BA Insider: Capital Living in Buenos Aires Collaboration is the beating heart of Milspeak. The Milspeak anthology, also the result of collaboration, is a hybrid: part workshop memoir and part handbook for military people who want to write. Edited by workshop founder and MilSpeak Foundation founder, Sally Drumm, the MilSpeak anthology contains memoir written by MilSpeak Creative Writing Seminar (MCWS) participants and essays by guest writers and mentors, including: Richard Peabody, Dinty Moore, Rebecca McClanahan, and Michael Kobre. Like the seminar itself, the Milspeak anthology is a mix of writing workshop and fellowship. Milspeak writers bring to workshop a shared experience of living a military life and a shared dream of writing for a reader, for themselves, or for family. Six years after the first Milspeak Creative Writing Seminar was held, the program continues to bring writers together to share the military experience. Table of Contents “Hutch” A Poem by Atsuro Riley Foreword: “Silences” by Michael Kobre Read the Introduction Scars on My Heart by Sally Drumm MCWS 1 - “Anything Helps” Containing Memoir by MCWS Writers and “Reach Out in the Darkness” By Richard Peabody, MCWS 1 Guest Writer MCWS 2 - “Meeting the Minotaur” Containing Memoir by MCWS 2 Writers and “A Definition of My Own” By Warren Slesinger, MCWS 2 Guest Writer MCWS 3 - “The Trouble With Writing” Containing Essay & Memoir by Guest Contributors: “Re-membering” by Shawne Steiger “The Clear and Honest Story: A Reconsideration of Writing, Trauma, and Transformation” Essay By Dinty W. Moore “Is It Art, This Mentoring, or All Imagery?” Essay by Tom Sheehan “Transformation” Essay by Lisa Kahn Schnell “The Prison of Our Days” Essay by Bob Cowser, Jr. “Children Writing Grief” Essay by Rebecca McClanahan “Saving Us from Ourselves” Memoir by Ian Pounds “Writing Identity in Three Genres: Teaching Creative Writing at the American University in Dubai” By Jillian Schedneck MCWS 4 - “In the Palms of Their Hands” Containing Memoir by MCWS 4 Writers MCWS 5 - “Metropolis Rising” Containing Memoir by MCWS 5 Writers MCWS 6 - “Broken Bridges” Containing Memoir by MCWS 6 Writers MCWS 7 - “Thirty Years Gone....” Containing Memoir by MCWS 7 Writers and “The Weight of the Pen” By Lisa Annelouise Rentz, MCWS 7 Guest Writer and “A Battalion Remembers” By Major General Matthew P. Caulfield, Guest Contributor MCWS 8 - “Carrying On” Containing Memoir by MCWS 8 Writers and “The Risks of Writing and the Courage to Do it Anyway” By Melinda Copp, MCWS 8 Guest Writer Plus “The Trees” A Poem by Jo Ann Doane, a Cold War Veteran Contributor Notes Contact: Kevin Watson (336) 414-5599/ Kevin@Press53.com Press 53 P.O. Box 30314 Winston-Salem, NC 27130-0314 www.Press53.com New Military Life Anthology Winston-Salem, NC, June 19, 2009 — In June 2005, retired Marine Sally Drumm set out to create a memoir writing program for military people. Four years later, Milspeak Creative Writing Seminar participants’ work is collected in MILSPEAK: WARRIORS, VETERANS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS WRITING THE MILITARY EXPERIENCE. Included are poetry, essay, and memoir by established authors who assisted in developing the workshop and mentoring writers, among them Michael Kobre, Dinty W. Moore, Richard Peabody, and Rebecca McClanahan. Also in this hefty 474-page anthology published by Press 53, editor Sally Drumm provides readers with the workshop story as it unfolds parallel to her own search for home and stability following a twenty-year military career and assignment of a 60% service-connected disability rating. Each of MILSPEAK’s 58 selections is a carefully crafted reminiscence, a completed piece of a larger personal history, the telling of a particularly eventful moment, a personal, cultural and historical record, and a work of art. Due to the traditional silence concerning military life, Milspeak writers’ stories are often difficult for them to share and some are shared for the first time in this collection. Milspeak writers, their friends and mentors come together in MILSPEAK to share their understanding of the power of writing to heal wounds of memory and to broaden civilian understanding of military life. MILSPEAK debuts July 4, 2009. On July 23, 24, and 25 in Beaufort, SC, readings from the anthology will be directed by Dr. John Blair and staged by the Rogues & Vacaboundes Players each night from 8-10 p.m. Admission is free at the USCB Performing Arts Center, 801 Carteret St., Beaufort, SC, with a reception and book signing with the writers each night. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, and Beaufort Naval Hospital are also located in Beaufort, SC. Press 53 is an independent literary publishing company dedicated to finding new markets for anthologies and short stories, part of which involves the publisher acting as an advisor for short story adaptation to the School of Filmmaking faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. To schedule a reading or interview, contact the editor at postmaster@milspeak.org or Kevin Watson at Kevin@Press53.com or at 336- 414-5599. MILSPEAK: Warriors, Veterans, Family, and Friends Writings the Military Experience Edited by Sally Drumm Paperback, 9 x 6, 474 pages Publisher: Press 53 Publication Date: July 4, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9824416-2-6 Price: $25.00 Press 53 books are distributed by Ingram Books and its partners throughout the US and UK. MILSPEAK, the anthology, is also available for purchase through online retailers, select bookstores and through Ingram Books. Purchasing a MilSpeak Books title supports MilSpeak Foundation. Milspeak Books are available at MilSpeak Books on Smashwords! Enter coupon code CC74X at checkout to receive a free copy of the MilSpeak anthology. Contact: milspeakfoundation@milspeak.org Copyright 2013 MilSpeak Foundation, Inc. Disclaimer: The appearance of hyperlinks or logos does not constitute endorsement of Milspeak, Milspeak Memo, or linked sites, or the information (written and graphic), products, or services contained therein, by the Department of Defense, any other government agency or office. MILSPEAK FOUNDATION does not engage in political activity; however, writers and artists may present political opinions. Every attempt will be made to make space for diversity. Content on these pages represents thoughts and opinions of the writers & artists, and not the official position of MilSpeak Foundation, its directors or of any other person, organization or institution. Advertisements will not be accepted for display on these pages. Donations are not accepted at this time. Purchasing the anthology helps to keep MilSpeak Foundation programs free. Available in print from your favorite online bookseller. eBook edition is available at MilSpeak Books on Smashwords! 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