A great show this week, Dan Buckman, Vice President and Managing Fiction Editor of the website Military Experience & the Arts is my guest on a special Veteran’s Day episode of Teaching in the Arts. This is a fascinating conversation, and I want to thank a listener for bringing Dan to my attention.
Military Experience & the Arts is a website for veterans to share their stories in written form, both fiction and non-fiction. It’s been an outlet since 2011 and some of the writers published there have gone on to publish novels of their own, including Ray McPadden’s And the Whole Mountain Burned.
It’s a great conversation, we talk about Dan’s background as a 4th generation military man, his novels (he’s published four!) and teaching writing and literature in colleges. The real focus is on the returning veteran experience and the divide between veterans and the general public- including a discussion about why veterans do not like it when someone says, “Thank you for your service.”This was a real eye opener for me, you can listener below.
A brief note, next week I have a guest host, Bill Baykan, my guest on the very first episode of Teaching in the Arts fills in for me. Happy Thanksgiving!
Teacher Man
