Querida Aryanna

At last After thousands of lectures Tens of thousands of test questions Innumerable essays, interviews, rotations You’re now an M.D. And in the first week of your residency!

An Evening with Danielle Mackey

We invite you to join us in welcoming Danielle Mackey back to St. Louis! An alum of the Casa de la Solidaridad program and Saint Louis University (2008), Danielle has worked in El Salvador with…

If This Is It, Then What Is It?

Three writing topics proposed by Sara Rendell: 1. If this is it, then what is it? 2. Dear Internal Critic, You Have 15 Minutes before I Ignore You 3. Something that surprised me today “If…

Start with a Postcard

Seriously, send me some of yr random ricochet words Old school style via USPS Your wild mind that existed eons before TFA Your dream mind that will be glowing long after the NSA

Sealing the Deal

Long ago, I did a reading and signing of The Book of Mev at Left Bank Books in the Central West End. I asked one of my former students, Magan Wiles, to read the very…

Poem of the Morning

I came across this poem by Adrienne Rich, and thought of the work you two do at Queen of Peace. My heart is moved By all I cannot save So much has been destroyed. I…

Palestinian Identity

Sharifa, Apropos of our conversation today, here begins the opening paragraph (and after) of chapter 1 of Rashid Khalidi’s Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness… The quintessential Palestinian experience, which  illustrates some of…

Annie Boyd: Walking with the Salvadorans

In class we are currently reading Like Grains of Wheat: A Spirituality of Solidarity by Marie Dennis and Margaret Swedish. The authors interview scores of North Americans who had their eyes opened by their relationships with Central…