Tella, Paul, Joyce. Manhattan, Kansas. May 1956.

Not the best photo but, I think, the perfect picture to go with the story I wrote about my dad’s service in the Army. On the day pictured above Dad received his commission in the morning and a few hours later graduated from Kansas State University.

My story is included in a military anthology called Holes in Our Hearts. The book is filled with the poems, short stories, and memoirs of 55 New Mexicans. The writers include service members, veterans, family members, caregivers.

Telling our stories is important but can be difficult and I am impressed when I think about the time and effort and care that went into each one of these pieces.

On Saturday ten of the writers will be in Santa Fe for a reading. The works by this group of writers range from a poem about the Holes in Our Hearts sculpture featured on the cover of the book to a child’s memory of an experience at a roadside Buddhist shrine in South Korea to a firsthand account of a deadly rocket attack in Vietnam.

If you happen to be in the Santa Fe area on Saturday, please join us.

Details:
Santa Fe Main Library
145 Washington Avenue
Santa Fe, NM
505-955-6781
August 12th, 2023
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm