Sally Drumm served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps from 1978 through 1998. While participating in a VA rehabilitation program for disabled veterans, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing DeSally developed and leads Milspeak Creative Writing Seminars (MCWS), a free program for military people who want to write about their lives. She is founder, publisher and editor of Milspeak Memo, an online literary magazine dedicated to freedom of speech and sharing military life in the words of those who live it. Sally is editor of Milspeak: Warriors, Veterans, Family and Friends Writing the Military Experience (Press 53/Jul 09), a collection of memoir written by participants of MCWS1 through MCWS8. Sally’s writing has appeared in Gargoyle, The Gettysburg Review, Lowcountry Weekly, Mythic Passages, ArtNews and other venues. Jick’s Journey, a play written in collaboration with Dennis Adams and John Blair, was performed at the University of South Carolina Beaufort Performing Arts Center during March 2007. During May 2007, Mythic Passages, journal of Mythic Imagination Institute, published Jick’s Journey. “Letting Go” (published in The Gettysburg Review ) earned honorable mention in Best American Essays 2005. Scars on My Heart: Military Life in the Words of Those Who Live it, a staged reading that weaves Milspeak anthology selections into an extended conversation among generations, was presented at Beaufort Performing Arts Center July 23, 24, & 25 in celebration of the launch of the Milspeak anthology. At present, Sally is forming Milspeak Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to raise consciousness of creative works by military people to a more visible and influential position in American culture. Rather than celebrating the status quo, Milspeak Foundation seeks to be a leader in shaping a receptive climate for creative works by military people by developing new audiences, creating new avenues for delivery, and encouraging creativity among military people. In the long term, Milspeak Foundation aspires to alter the perception that military people create marginal art, and to make their creative work directly relevant to the American public while diminishing the military stereotype, preserving the history of everyday military life in writing and other arts, and sharing with military people the stress management benefits of writing and reading. Read “Artifacts” an essay about writing the military experience published in ArtNews. THE ANTHOLOGY MILSPEAK MEMO  YOUR PURCHASE OF THE ANTHOLOGY WILL HELP KEEP MILSPEAK PROGRAMS FREE TO PARTICIPANTS. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MILSPEAK FOUNDATION!Anthology.htmlAnthology.htmlAnthology.htmlhttp://www.gargoylemagazine.com/http://www3.gettysburg.edu/academics/gettysburg_review/news.htmlhttp://www3.gettysburg.edu/academics/gettysburg_review/news.htmlhttp://www.lcweekly.com/http://www.mythicjourneys.org/http://www.beaufortcountyarts.com/artnews.htmhttp://mythicjourneys.org/index.htmlhttp://mythicjourneys.org/newsletter_may07_drumm1.htmlhttp://www3.gettysburg.edu/academics/gettysburg_review/Back_Issues/174.htmhttp://www.milspeak.org/Artifacts.htmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIM5VUD6RnkAnthology.htmlMilspeak_Memo.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12

THE GUNNY

OKINAWA, JAPAN

10 NOVEMBER 1991