DeMun Musing
Whenever I pass Sasha’s Wine Bar Will I always Think of you?
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Claire Writes Me, After 90 Minutes at Northwest Coffee
You are seed, sower, sown You are earth With you I am seed, sower, sown With you I am earth
Remembrance as Resistance
“Jews felt that to forget constituted a crime against memory as well as against justice: whoever forgets becomes the executioner’s accomplice. The executioner kills twice, the second time when he tries to erase the traces…
“I Have Some Wonderful News…”
I recently received the following letter from Robert MacArthur, who studied with me in fall 2005 at Saint Louis University… Dr. Chmiel! Hello! I hope this letter finds you well. I have some wonderful news…
An Amateur Is One Who Loves…
I was at RISE Coffee today with Carrie, who’s soon headed off for first year of university at Mizzou. Early on in our conversation, she asked me if I’d like to see some of her…
A Letter to Eduardo Galeano by Jennifer Reyes Lay
I am happy to share the following from Jenn, who is an active participant in the summer Writing Rejuvenation class! From Tuesday’s class, writing prompt to write a letter to an artist/writer you admire. This…
The Way It Looked in 1976
Thus goes the fate of Israel. Tragedy upon tragedy, folly on folly. Foreign “advisers” dumping their witless plans on its benighted leaders, its people increasingly helpless and isolated, embittered, at sea, denied world sympathy, urged…
The United States versus the Gospels
The crime of liberation theology was that it takes the Gospels seriously. That’s unacceptable. The Gospels are radical pacifist material, if you take a look at them. When the Roman emperor Constantine adopted Christianity, he…