Remembering Mev in San Antonio
Hi, Mark! Hope that this new year is one full of blessings for you. You’ve probably already received lots of copies of the article on Mev but decided to send it just in case. This…
Category: Book of Mev
Raw, Humbling, Challenging by Meg Buckley
I am drawn to the Mev Puleo scholarship because it has been something that has weighed on my heart ever since hearing of its existence. I stumbled across The Book of Mev this past summer,…
We Are Broken
At last, a little quiet and stillness. Judy Gallagher and her daughter Sarah brought over the evening’s delicious dinner. With a candle I had lit, Mev and I sat at the table, she in her…
Learning from Mev by Thomas McKanna
The following correspondence is from Thomas McKanna, who is taking my Social Justice seminar at Maryville University. He wrote a reflection on The Book of Mev to his friend Matthew. Hi Matthew, As I told you…
Tonight’s Share the Wealth Book of Mev Soundtrack
Glenn Gould, Goldberg Variations, Aria Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Eddie Vedder, Face of Love U2, All I Want Is You Violeta Parra, Gracias a la Vida Shakira, Ojos Así Duke Ellington, Take the “A”…
Share the Wealth: Stories of Accompaniment from The Book of Mev
In a notebook I recently wrote the following about my novel, Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine: There’s so much accompaniment taking place: Internationals accompanying the Palestinians in Gaza The Palestinians accompanying the internationals Henry accompanying Josh…
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…
Email from Jaime in El Salvador
I have an internship in El Salvador this summer and was visiting the Casa during the beatification of Romero. The house was full of The Struggle is One books and I met a Nicaraguan volunteer…
A Short Digression While Discussing a Tolstoy Story (Why I Love Siobhán)
At McGurks I asked Siobhán, “Did I ever tell you about the ‘Meanwhiles?’” “I don’t think so.” “Back in the days and nights When The Book of Mev wasn’t The Book of Mev (I was…
It’s a Book about Living and Loving and Losing and Being Human through All of It by Cami Kasmerchak
Dear Dr. C, This is a long time coming, but I’ve put off writing this because I want to say it right. Then again, if I’ve learned anything from you and Natalie Goldberg, it’s that…