One Day
When you are twenty-seven And at last done Done DONE with medical school We should do a marathon/festival of words Reciting poetry to each other Then writing off of the lines of Neruda, Szymborska And…
Category: Friends
Exit-Interview
She’s spent four years at SLU And is moving on I’ve spent fourteen years at SLU And am moving on We had class together fall 2008 Her tender sophomore year We’ve met ten or twelve…
Sundus’s Inquisitive Mind (Writing down the Bones/273)
What is my role in this world? Am I capable of making a difference? What can I do to help? Do I fall under the trap of stereotypical thinking? Is just my awareness of injustices…
I Heard
I heard that Lenka is the best correspondent in the Western hemisphere, the kind whom you want to reread twenty times. I heard someone give a phenomenological analysis of a 25 year-old evangelical Marxist’s zeal….
After Attending the SOA Watch by Carol Wright
A year ago, many of us were in a course called Writing as a Spiritual Practice. Carol was part of that gang, and she just sent me the following reflection, which I offer for your consideration….
Sara’s Writing down the Bones
One maxim I try to live by is “Share the wealth.” Sara Rendell wrote this on January 14, 2010, the first week of Social Justice class. Amigas and amigos, may these words set off inspiration,…
Dostoevsky Wrote, “Beauty…
..will save the world” I don’t know about “save” But, yes, beauty & friendship & community & solidarity & loveshine may get us through the next week Hedy Epstein and Sandra Tamari, on the occasion…
Free Palestine/Cairo
Michelle Conley sent me the following while traveling: Picture from a Palestine support rally in Cairo…the police asked where we were from and we said America, but quickly said we supported Palestine. He asked “are…
Some Questions for My Students and Friends Who Are Making Their Way through The Book of Mev
Mev was really into photography. What is it that you are into? What are some of your own experiences of being accompanied by others and accompanying others? Which poems have you loved so much that,…
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…