3003 Days of Mike & Me / And the Wars Between Us
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Amid 150,000 people, the author re-meets an old schoolmate at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication in
Washington, DC on November 13, 1982, and what unfolds is a love story between two unlikely
Martha Donegan
Martha Donegan lives in New Orleans, where she moved in 2011 from NYC. It was in NOLA that she wrote the lion's share of Mike & Me, editing the hundreds of letters between the couple, including Mike's reenlistment in the 1983-6 US Army, and Creamer's essays about the Vietnam War. (Turner Publications)She began her career at Vogue; Art Directed Henri Bendel under Geraldine Stutz, a fashionable boutique on W57th Street, and opened a studio/agency-Martha Voutas Productions (MVP 1978 - 1993), mainly for fashion clients. Notable among them were Perry Ellis. Including logo(s), graphics, public relations, and advertising from 1978 through '86. Donghia, The Ford Foundation, Levi Strauss & Co., Chaus, Liz Claiborne, Dana Buchman, Carmelo Pomodoro, La Louisiana, Bill Robinson and Bergdorf Goodman. MVP won numerous design awards over its sixteen-year existence.Michael's death was documented by Tom Brokaw in NY Times; (widely distributed by UPI). Mike Barnicle wrote of Michael's death in the Boston Globe. The Hartford Courant also carried a feature. While studying at Omega Institute with Thich Nhat Hanh ("Healing the Wounds of War") for Vietnam Veterans and families, Martha was asked to appear in "Search for Spirituality," a documentary that aired on PBS. "3003 Days of Mike & Me / And the Wars Between Us," was shortlisted for Best Nonfiction at the Faulkner/Pirates Alley competition in 2019.Martha's lectured for the NYC Art Directors' Club, American Women's Economic Development, and for Letitia Baldrige's Creative Entertaining seminar. She is married to Emmy-winning Set Decorator, Dennis Donegan, they have one child, Lily.
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