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…
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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…
Sunday Share the Wealth with Melissa–Coming Back to Life: Healing through Self-Care, Presence, and Service
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman Melissa will…
Saturday 15 October: Share the Wealth with Yael Shomroni
I immigrated to the US from Israel and I’m a potter. I will be talking about being an artist in St. Louis, being an immigrant, about leaving Israel because of the Apartheid and my favorite…
Saturday Share the Wealth: The Last Two Months with Hedy Epstein
Local and global activist Hedy Epstein was diagnosed with cancer in early April of this year. She died at the age of 91 in late May. This week’s Share the Wealth will be stories by…
Share the Wealth with Marilyn Vazquez: Sunday 2 October 2016
I came to the U.S when I was five months old, and attended public schools, made friends, and played sports my whole life. I will be speaking about the two key issues facing the integrated…
Ann Manganaro, Teka Childress, Ellen Rehg
We were just sitting there talking when Peter Maurin came in. We were just sitting there talking when lines of people began to form, saying, “We need bread.” We could not say, “Go, be…
Ale’s Walls
Ale Vazquez sent me this text and photo: Mev in my room–I just put them up yesterday! And now when I look at them I think of you and Mev and Angelica and México and…
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Sharing a Common Suffering
–Brandon Sampson recently finished his Master’s at the University of Chicago.