Veterans group to share prose in conjunction with war-related
exhibitions
MURFREESBORO — Several
members of the Writers Corps, a creative writing group of military service
members and veterans who attend MTSU, will share their stories with the public April
17 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville for a special
one-night, pop-up gallery reading event.
Members of the group will share their work at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 17, in conjunction with the exhibitions “Goya: The Disasters of War,”
which features etchings of the Peninsular War of 1808-1814, and “Steve Mumford’s War Journals, 2003–2013,”
which is comprised of images dealing with the American presence in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
The Frist Center is located at 919 Broadway in downtown
Nashville. For hours, admission and other information, www.fristcenter.org.
The MTSU Writers Corps encourages veterans to share
thoughts, feelings or experiences in writing and to ultimately share their work
with on- and off-campus communities through publication in their annual
literary journal, “DMZ: A Journal of Contemporary Literature by Veterans.”
The informal group’s primary goal is to help veterans with
their scholarly, personal, emotional and spiritual well-being, organizers say.
The group provides a comfortable environment where veterans can gather among
peers, and corps members say such writing eases some of the symptoms of
post-traumatic stress disorder.
To raise public awareness about the experiences of military
veterans, the group holds public readings throughout the academic year, most
notably at an April journal release party and literary showcase.
For more information about the MTSU Writers Corps or
Thursday’s event, contact Matthew Brown, MTSU English instructor and group
founder, at matthew.brown@mtsu.edu.
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