“The True Cost” by Chelsea Pohl
Chelsea is in my Humanities in Western Culture course and wrote the following reflection. Last week in class we were talking about the cost of clothing/ items that we have here in America compared to…
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Poem of the Day: Burning Monk
A friend shared this poem by Shin Yu Pai about the famous Vietnamese Buddhist Thích Quảng Đức who immolated himself in 1963.
Poem of the Day: Burning Monk
A friend shared this poem by Shin Yu Pai about the famous Vietnamese Buddhist Thích Quảng Đức who immolated himself in 1963.
Present Moment, Only Moment
The soothsayers who found out from time what it had in store certainly did not experience time as either homogeneous or empty. Anyone who keeps this in mind will perhaps get an idea of how…
Interview with Ginsberg
The Yiddish Book Center offers this interesting 1969 interview with Allen Ginsberg in Montreal several days after the death of Jack Kerouac.
To Contend, To Enliven, To Distance, To Advocate, To Investigate, To Rally, To Prioritize, To Surprise
I’ve read Anne Waldman since 2001 (Fast Speaking Woman: Chants and Essays got me started). Her epics, poems, interviews, and edited anthologies (from the Kerouac School at Naropa) stimulate and open up possibilities. One of…
Share the Wealth with Marty and Jerry King: When a House becomes a Home
We began our journey of serving the homeless almost 40 years ago by volunteering to provide meals and serve in other ways at Karen House, the Catholic Worker shelter for women. The journey continued when…
In the News: Aung San Suu Kyi Not Worthy of Elie Wiesel Award
There is more than one irony in this New York Times article.
Chân Không’s Secret
Sometimes I feel overwhelmed. But I try to work one day at a time. If we just worry about the big picture, we are powerless. So my secret is to start right away doing whatever…
Using the Cell Phone
Breathing in, I know that I am texting. Breathing out, it’s a miracle to be alive.