So I Hugged a Book Today by Sara Rendell
I am not sure why, but when I finished reading The Book of Mev, I hugged it. Maybe my body wanted to be closer to tangible truth. Maybe I was trying to express my gratitude to…
Category: Book of Mev
Live Life Now by Eileen McGrath Mosher
I recently came across this piece of correspondence from January 2006. Mark, I hardly know what to write. I just finished your book (minutes ago) and was so moved by your beautiful remembrance of your…
Candor
You asked, “Did I ever tell you My reaction when I finished The Book of Mev?” “No. Please do.” “I cried and cried and cried.”
Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short a Date
Mev Puleo Died at age 32 May her memory be a blessing Dan Horkheimer Died at age 29 May his memory be a blessing Pete Mosher Died at age 32 May his memory be a…
Reflections on “The Book of Mev” from Cochabamba by Kate Raymond
Dear Mark, I return to the United States on December 15th and will spend the holidays with my family in Dallas. Then from the 26th through the beginning of January we will be in Colorado…
The Little There Is To Do
A friend sent us a letter At a loss for words of wisdom She simply wished she could be with us To share the day to day Do the little things That needed to be…
Tasha and The Book of Mev
I count it as a blessing to have reconnected with Tasha Morris, who took a Social Justice class with me in spring 2007. Now finishing her Master’s in Nursing, Tasha sent me the following reflection…
Mev’s Ode to Joy
Sitting across from a friend Downtown Gelateria I’d just given her The Book of Mev (Her silent, deep response I’ll never forget) I offered to read her something So I turned the pages and came…
Mechaiehs
Mechaiaeh… Pronounced m’KHY-eh, to rhyme with “messiah.” The kh sound is, of course, the way a MacTavish would roll it out. From Hebrew. Pleasure, great enjoyment, a real joy. … Mechaieh comes from the Hebrew…
DIY
You have to write your own history, nobody’s going to do it for you. Allen Ginsberg