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Big Ideas
by Jordan Petersen Kamp | Jun 10, 2020 | Placeless
In late May of 2019, it was announced on Reddit that somehow an individual had stolen eighteen MiniDiscs that belonged to the English rock band Radiohead.
Top Ten Map Projections
by Gwyneth Findlay | Jun 9, 2020 | Placeless
It’s beautiful, isn’t it?
My Top Ten Favorite Words
by Josh Parks | Jun 8, 2020 | Placeless
10. incendiary
You don’t often expect to find onomatopoeia in long, Latinate words.
Top Ten: Reading/Watching/Listening to This Changed the Way I Think about Race in America
by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Jun 7, 2020 | Placeless
I was shocked that I had never heard of this before and watched this documentary as soon as I got home.
Top Ten
by Josh deLacy | Jun 6, 2020 | Florida, Washington
Who knew when we’d see each other again, with the pandemic rolling in and the economy flipping belly-up, with graduation and wedding and career plans scattering in the air like confetti.
Ten Masks I’ve Worn
by Alex Johnson | Jun 5, 2020 | Placeless
“I guess I’m starting to believe that I may have something to say too.”
Paying Attention to the Rain
by Comfort Sampong | Jun 4, 2020 | Placeless
When it hasn’t rained since January, even the most absent citizen begins to notice.
Ten Traits I’m Looking for in a Husband
by Ansley Kelly | Jun 3, 2020 | Placeless
I didn’t expect to be single at twenty-five, but here we are.
Ten Facades
by Cotter Koopman | Jun 2, 2020 | Grand Rapids, Michigan
There are no miscalculations or extraneous details—things are only borrowed or loaned between neighbors.
The Ten Cheesiest Lines from My Teenage Morality Poetry
by Katerina Parsons | Jun 1, 2020 | Placeless
I managed to stretch this weak joke (reach for the stars but, like, “the actual stars”) for far too many lines—all rhyming, of course.
Call for Audition Submissions
by Abby Zwart | May 31, 2020 | Placeless
Are you interested in joining the post calvin community? We have several openings for new writers beginning this August, and we’d love for you to audition!
Newuncertainnormaltimes
by Lydia DeJonge | May 29, 2020 | Placeless
I hope that washing our hands becomes like an hourly act of service or prayer.
A Third Way
by Brad Zwiers | May 27, 2020 | Placeless
I see a man exhausted by the emotional toll his commitment to winning at all costs has had on his life.
Memorial Day
by Annaka Koster | May 26, 2020 | Michigan
Meaning, it turns out, doesn’t always accompany mortality.
Curiosity and Moral Courage, or, a Commencement Address for Uncertain Times
by Katie Van Zanen | May 25, 2020 | Placeless
Moral courage and curiosity means listening to yourself: where did this idea come from? Why am I moved to defend it?
Obligado pt. 2
by Leigh Peterson | May 24, 2020 | Texas
But there was Spanish to learn.
My Father’s Presence
by Alex Westenbroek | May 23, 2020 | Minnesota
I think for me words and voice have always been a form of presence.
Truer Than a Georgia Week
by Emily Joy Stroble | May 21, 2020 | Placeless
The article is from the Washington Post. Tom Hanks played the Washington Post in a movie, which means it’s credible.
My Spring in Five Courses
by Gabe Gunnink | May 20, 2020 | Washington
I have named our pop-up restaurant Le Cabine. This restaurant has everything: grammatical inaccuracy, two cats hanging around at all times, and the world’s first ever Michelin Moon.
Poetry of Emoji
by Mary Margaret Healy | May 19, 2020 | Placeless
Now that so much of my social interaction is happening on emoji’s home turf, I’ve started to branch out in the way I use them.
Smash That Like Button
by Ben DeVries | May 18, 2020 | Placeless
It’s one thing, after all, to recognize that people can be dupes. It’s quite another to believe that they must be.
Change of Plans
by Laura Sheppard Song | May 17, 2020 | Canada, Wisconsin
I’d known when Josh and I started dating that I might have to leave. But staying was within our grasp, and it feels nice to know what your future is going to look like.
Epitaph, Epithet
by Kyric Koning | May 16, 2020 | Placeless
Our choices will define us. Others will too. And the mark we leave will not meet any of our expectations.
With Love from a Cat Aunt
by Courtney Zonnefeld | May 15, 2020 | Placeless
When you work with children’s books, cats are inescapable.
One Dog, Two Dog, Red Dog, Blue Dog
by Olivia Harre | May 13, 2020 | Placeless
You get them their own nuggets one time and they start to expect things.
Bon Appetit
by Abby Zwart | May 12, 2020 | Placeless
It’s just that in the year of our virus 2020, I simply cannot stop watching the Bon Appetit YouTube channel.
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
by Matt Cambridge | May 11, 2020 | Placeless
The way of Jesus is without a doubt slow and unhurried, an easy yoke.
Jery Get iPad and Other Twitter Truths
by Jordan Petersen Kamp | May 10, 2020 | Placeless
The world of Twitter may not seek to inspire us or create situational comedy anymore, but it’s still a place occupied by people—less definable, but no less real.
Lambing Season
by Gwyneth Findlay | May 9, 2020 | Scotland
Like wearing florals, writing about new life for spring is groundbreaking.
John Donne on Donald Trump
by Josh Parks | May 8, 2020 | Placeless
I pray, I type, I read, I write more ands.
