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…
“Agent Orange Has Given Me a Death Sentence”
Through information provided by Virgina, who works with Veterans for Peace, I have been examining more closely the on-going effect of Agent Orange and came across this recent testimony from the Guardian. Mark During the…
Palestinian/Writing/Style
1. [This book’s] style and method—the interplay of text and photos, the mixture of genres, modes, styles—do not tell a consecutive story, nor do they constitute a political essay. Since the main features of our…
Allons! (Walt Whitman Appreciation Night)
Some people open the Bible and let their eye fall on a line to bring consolation or insight I turn to Leaves of Grass To quicken pulse To expand heart To spark smiles… The following is…
Jack Kerouac: Belief & Technique for Modern Prose/List of Essentials
1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy 2. Submissive to everything, open, listening 3. Try never get drunk outside yr own house 4. Be in love with yr life 5….
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….
Ancient Song by Li Po
Chuang-tzu dreams he’s a butterfly, And a butterfly becomes Chuang-tzu. All transformation this one body, Boundless occurrence goes on and on: It’s no surprise eastern seas become Western streams shallow and clear, Or the melon-grower…
That Feeling in My Chest by Alexis Bockting
Alexis Bockting wrote this by hand in the morning Crossroads class today and handed it to me afterward. I wanted to share it with you… That feeling in my chest… is sensitive, alters with a…
Thanks to all the Students & Friends Who Made Romero Present Tonight
1. A church that doesn’t provoke any crises, A gospel that doesn’t unsettle, A word of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin, A word of God that doesn’t touch the real sin Of the…
Nawal’s Path
1. When I came out of prison there were two routes I could have taken. I could have become one of those slaves to the ruling institution, thereby acquiring security, property, the state prize, and…