Posted on Mar 6, 2020
A Kansas Veteran Gathers 61 Authors To Make A Case For Writing About War
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Randy Brown was barely talking yet when his father shipped out for Vietnam. To close the distance over the course of that deployment, Brown's parents made recordings for each other.
"The first time that he heard my tiny, little voice was probably on one of those little three-inch audio reels," says Brown, who is now retired from the Iowa Army National Guard.
This is part of the genesis story of why Brown writes. He and Steve Leonard, who directs a program in organizational leadership at the University of Kansas and served in the Army for 28 years, have edited a collection of essays with similar explanations and explorations. It's called "Why We Write."
"The first time that he heard my tiny, little voice was probably on one of those little three-inch audio reels," says Brown, who is now retired from the Iowa Army National Guard.
This is part of the genesis story of why Brown writes. He and Steve Leonard, who directs a program in organizational leadership at the University of Kansas and served in the Army for 28 years, have edited a collection of essays with similar explanations and explorations. It's called "Why We Write."
A Kansas Veteran Gathers 61 Authors To Make A Case For Writing About War
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Good idea. We need to write about it so it is not forgotten. The impact on those who go; and the impact on those who they leave behind.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel this article is much needed. And how true that decisions, very hard decisions, at every level of the chain-of-command are being made. And all that we go through, to then come home to an apathetic country of people is heartbreaking. It made me feel like a "bored set of chess pieces". People are so desensitized to "war" that it is scary to think if every willing minded, able bodies individual refused to "go to war", anymore, what would the "I'm so busy being OK just for me" crowd do if their world changed because the overlooked individuals said "No More" do it yourself.
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I ended up reading all three stories posted below the one you linked us too...and it was worth every second. Thank you!
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