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Saturday, May 2 • 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Warrior Writers Group Reading LIMITED

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Warrior Writers is a veteran-focused national arts organization whose mission is to create a culture that articulates veterans' experiences, to provide a creative community for artistic expression through workshops and retreats, and to bear witness to the lived experiences of warriors. In this reading, area veterans whose work is featured in our anthologies will share some of their poetry.
Moderators
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Eric Wasileski

Boston Facilitator, Warrior Writers
Eric Wasileski is a Persian Gulf Veteran of Operation Desert Fox, father, activist, preacher, ethicist and poet. Eric recently published his first book of poetry, Live Free (or Die), with Human Error Publishing. He is the coordinator of the Smedley D. Butler Brigade of Veterans for... Read More →

Speakers
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Tom Aikens

Tom Aikens is privileged to have been published in Warrior Writers' most recent anthologies, After Action Review (2011) and Warrior Writers (2014). He was an infantryman with 1st ID, and served as a team leader and squad leader on deployments to Kosovo (2002) and Iraq (2004-2005... Read More →
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Michael Anthony

Warrior Writers
Michael Anthony was invited to read by Warrior Writers, a great group of veteran writers. He is honored to be a part of the 2015 Massachusetts Poetry Festival.
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Jon Turner

Jon Turner served from 2003-2007 as an infantryman with the marines, deploying in support of Operation Secure Tomorrow (2004- Haiti), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (2005 & 2006) where he was awarded a Purple Heart. He is currently working with the VA to facilitate writing workshops... Read More →

Producers
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Rachel McNeill

Warrior Writers

Saturday May 2, 2015 12:15pm - 1:15pm EDT
PEM Studio 2
  Group Reading

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