The question I will be responding to today is, "How have major wars throughout United States history affected women voices in writing?" I read the two poems, "Viet Mihn" and "the Bombing of Baghdad" today, Both of these stories were written by women from Vietnam, Tra Thi Nga, and Wendy Larson, who moved to New York and collaborated on a book. These poems are both very serious and bleak in nature and what happened was a horrible tragedy but there is a silver lining, these women found a space to work together and be listened to after having this experience. Without it, they may not have been as well known as they are. At the moment, they are published writers and activists fighting for an issue that is very personal for them. We can't know what their lives would've been like if these events didn't happen but as of now, it sparked them onto an impressive life path that is spreading the word and immortalizing events that may have been forgotten and buried without people like them. Of course, no one would condone the sufferings they had, but for these women, it gave them a chance to show the world a very powerful voice.
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