Library Pick-me-up
After an invigorating brainstorming visit with Courtney Barrett at Kayak’s I headed home down Lindell then remembered I had books to pick up Allen Ginsberg’s Buddhist Poetics and Twayne’s revised edition of Allen Ginsberg Waiting…
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Walking Together without Fear: Reading and Writing with Alice Walker
Author of many books, most famously The Color Purple, Alice Walker is one of the most renowned writers who came of age during the 1960s in this country. Now in her early seventies, she continues to produce…
Dedication Page (Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine)
For Lubna Alam, Zeina Kiblawi, Layla Lavasani, and Anjali Oza Who sparked the beginning And for Magan Wiles Who saw it through to the end
You Don’t Know Who Will Be Reading You
When I returned home from working in Palestine in 2003 I soon met up with Zeina, Lubna and Layla Who had spoken to me so enthusiastically of the ISM in fall 2002 Now 14 months…
Share the Wealth with Sarah Nash– Humanizing Life: Stories of East St. Louis
When I first began my studies at SLU three years ago, I quickly learned from my peers, my professors, and St. Louis natives that I should do everything in my power to stay on the…
In a Parallel Universe/3
Sister Diana Ortiz put her arm Around one of the Hijazzi brothers Who’d recently gotten out of an Israeli prison And whispered to him, “I know…”
Checklist
Dear Bella Levenshteyn Johnny Yau and I came up with the following “application form” After drinking a couple of beers the other night Maybe you’d be willing to see If you’re ready to go to…
Compromismo
Until one is committed There is hesitancy The chance to draw back Always ineffectiveness Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) There is one elementary truth The ignorance of which Kills countless ideas and splendid…
The Way It Looked in 2007
Beneath all the proclamations about Arab terrorism And the ethical nobility of the Jewish state Expropriation by any means necessary Is the master narrative necessary To comprehend the history of Israel/Palestine And so we arrive…