“[L]et us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.” – Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address
Please join Words After War for a night of storytelling dedicated to service members, veterans, and military families at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City on February 25, 2015 at 7 pm. The evening’s writing will investigate issues of illness, injury, disability, and healing after war.
An introduction by award-wining journalist Quil Lawrence will be followed by writing from: Kayla Williams (as read by Marguerite Fields), Jen Percy, Brian Van Reet (as read by veteran and actor Caleb Wells), and our submission contest winner Teresa Fazio.
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