The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to present Operation Homecoming, writing the wartime experience. This unique literary program is aimed at preserving the stories and reflections of American troops who have served our nation, both on the frontlines in Afghanistan and Iraq, and stateside, defending the homeland. The Arts Endowment is sponsoring a series of writing workshops on U.S. military installations at home and abroad for returning troops and their families, taught by some of America’s most distinguished novelists, poets, historians, and journalists.

These workshops will provide servicemen and women with the opportunity to write about their wartime experiences in a variety of forms, from fiction, verse and letters to essay, memoir and personal journal. The visiting writers, many of whom are war veterans themselves, will help the troops share their stories with current and future generation fans. To give our troops a sense of their own capabilities.

The Arts Endowment has produced this audio CD for the program. I am Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and it is my pleasure and honor to welcome you to Operation Homecoming.

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