Worth Reading
Dear Irina, Here are some books that may speak to a few of your questions, interests, and enthusiasms. I’ll send more later on if you want…. Mark Daniel Berrigan, Isaiah: Spirit of Courage, Gift…
Category: Correspondence
Note to a Friend Who Surprised Herself Last Month by Reading Ten Various Historical Critical Political Theological Books about Jesus
Dear Flannery Jesus Jee-zus Yesh Son o’ God Messiah Numero Uno Christ the King Son of Man Son of Mary and Joe Champion of the poor Pre-incarnation of Che Founder of the Church? Believer in…
Max’s Ire
Dear Bella I receive daily or weekly emails from Algemeiner, the Forward, Chabad, Mondoweiss, Jewcy, ZNet, and Tikkun, which gives me interesting spectrum of opinion on what’s going on. I thought I’d share this with…
Ten Minutes Sitting in Mini Cooper, Laclede Avenue, Writing Five Texts of Appreciation for Five Friends While Waiting for Cami
I appreciate that you call me “Marcos,” that you share your brilliant, broken soul with me that you are motivated by the state of the world beyond yourself to care I appreciate how almost thirty…
Gratitude for Lindsey
As we are two weeks into our Epistolary Ecstasy class, I asked Lindsey if I could post one of her lovely letters she’s sent me over the last four years. I am grateful for her…
Accompaniment/5 (Letter/6)
from Part Three, The Book of Mev Monday 5 February 1996 Dear Angie, And so. Three weeks ago, we buried Mev. So we did. So she is gone. Vanished. Not palpable. Or at least, most of…
Feedback, August 2007
…I also mentioned to you something about accessibility: I said that when I read your more final version of The Book of Mev, I was surprised by how accessible the voice was. Yes, it did…
Valentine Card, 1993
Dearest partner, travel mate, sister quester, blessed one, sage-in-the-making, charmer, visionary, soul-sharer, teacher, palsy-walsy chum, chef extraordinaire, Florence Nightingale, Penny Lernoux, four years old, perennial 20 year old, tough as nails, soft as silk, cherished…
From the Archives: Hello from Camden!
Hey Dr. Chmiel! Hope the new school year is treating you well! I thought of you the other day because I was perusing my bookcase (which, by the way, I’m doing JVC in Camden, NJ…