Press
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We welcome press inquiries about our work. Our press contacts are Carole Florman, carole@veteranswriting.org; and Ron Capps, ron@veteranswriting.org
— A story in the New York Times about our work at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/education/edlife/veterans-learn-to-write-and-heal.html?_r=0
— A story on NPR about our work and the launch of our journal, O-Dark-Thirty.
http://www.npr.org/2012/11/12/164979747/writing-project-helps-veterans-cope-after-war
— A Soldiers Magazine story about Veterans Writing Project’s seminars.
http://soldiers.dodlive.mil/2012/02/owning-your-story-how-writing-helps-veterans-heal/
— An interview with our founder on PRI’s The World about the healing power of narrative.
— An Associated Press story about our work.
—From The Hatchet, the George Washington University’s student newspaper, a report on our collaboration with GWU:
http://www.gwhatchet.com/2012/02/09/a-new-chapter-for-war-stories/
—A video story on Newsmax that includes readings by our director and two veterans who have come through our program.
http://www.newsmax.com/US/capps-veterans-writing-project/2012/05/27/id/440382
—Two graduates of VWP seminars write about their wartime experiences and after for the New York Times.
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/writing-to-calm-and-compose-the-injured-brain/
—The BBC reporting on our work at NICoE– The National Intrepid Center of Excellence. Three of our instructors work on Operation Homecoming at NICoE.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18401167
—The National Endowment for the Arts featured our work in their quarterly magazine NEA Arts.
http://www.nea.gov/about/nearts/storyNew.php?id=01_themajic&issue=2012_v2
—Local DC NPR station WAMU broadcast this piece about our work.
http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/12/03/02/veterans_write_to_cope_with_battlefield_memories
