Charles H. Brown, a Vietnam War veteran, reads from his poem “Long Days Journey into Light,” in the Mercantile Library at UMSL last week. Brown, BA English 1982, was one of six veteran authors featured for the launch of the book, “Proud to Be: Writing by Warriors, Volume 2,” a collaboration of the Missouri Humanities Council, Warriors Arts Alliance and Southeast Missouri State University Press. (photo by Dak Dillon for Missouri Humanities Council)
