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Lilith
by Meg Schmidt | Jan 3, 2018 | Grand Rapids
Lilith cries out to God that he made her from filth, so what else did he expect from her? And so it was Lilith I thought of when I realized how bad things had become.
Personal (Ir)responsibility: An Anti-Resolution
by Carolyn Muyskens | Jan 2, 2018 | Placeless
I have flouted obligation, skirted duty, and ignored propriety. I have left things undone.
Holiday Small-Talk and Other Things we Survived in 2017
by Katerina Parsons | Jan 1, 2018 | Placeless
I’m doing great! Yes, still at the same job. Well! It’s going well. Honduras, yeah. Um, it’s in Central America? Down south?
New Year’s Eve (ft. the post calvin)
by Abby Zwart | Dec 31, 2017 | Placeless
On this last day of the year, the post calvin would like to suggest some tunes for your New Year’s Eve festivities. Check out the Spotify playlist here, or just listen to the choice from your favorite writer.
Best of 2017: Editor Picks
by Abby Zwart | Dec 30, 2017 | Placeless
Each of us have chosen a few favorite posts and a handful of honorable mentions. Read on to see what you might have missed this year on the post calvin!
Leaving Home in Search of Home
by Stephanie Bradshaw | Dec 29, 2017 | Grand Rapids, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Washington
Most people say that I shouldn’t let anything hold me back from doing great things. But I don’t have much desire to do great things. What are great things without the small things?
Anticipation and Imagination
by Matt Coldagelli | Dec 28, 2017 | Placeless
Shrouded in myth, internship was spoken of in the same way people talk about Voldemort: they act as if it’s taboo, but they all secretly love to spread their anxiety and feel a bit naughty.
Big Little Vulnerability
by Brad Zwiers | Dec 27, 2017 | Placeless
The show covers a lot of emotional and psychological ground, but in the midst of watching it through a second time, I’m struck by its representation of physical and emotional vulnerability.
Goodbye, Goose
by Nick Meekhof | Dec 26, 2017 | Grand Rapids, Michigan
It was classy enough to rise above the dive bar ranks, but not so swanky that you couldn’t waltz in there with sweatpants and flip-flops.
A Book for Christmas
by Jack VA | Dec 25, 2017 | Grand Rapids, Iowa
It’s really a reflection on what it means to be part of anything, both by birth and by choice, something universal, but told with a strong Dutch-American “accent.”
What is “Net Neutrality”?
by Lauren (Boersma) Harris | Dec 24, 2017 | Placeless
To a large degree, the underlying argument of the Net Neutrality debate can be traced to the basic tenets of the two primary political party systems in the United States: Big Government vs. Small Government.
Hail Marys: Christmas Art History 101
by Julia LaPlaca | Dec 23, 2017 | Placeless
Why this part of the story? Why is this heavenly exchange, from a narrative full of divine meetings, such a favorite in western Christian art?
Ekphrasis | An Advent Reflection
by Paula Manni | Dec 22, 2017 | Placeless
Perhaps answers come in the weight. Listen, lean in, linger. There is something here in this suspended scribble.
Mercury in Retrograde
by Michael Lentz | Dec 22, 2017 | Placeless
This year, I’ve been in a kind of retrograde. I’m moving forward, but in some ways, it can appear like I’m moving backward.
The 2017 Golden Gabe Awards
by Gabe Gunnink | Dec 20, 2017 | Placeless
Stefon, I’m genuinely afraid to ask, but what is a human vending machine?
Learning the Drip
by Mary Margaret Healy | Dec 19, 2017 | Pennsylvania
My little bubble of relationships and routines exists for me to serve it with compassion, not for me to overlook it because something more interesting is on the horizon.
Poetry and Padawans, with Apologies to My English Teachers
by Ben DeVries | Dec 18, 2017 | Placeless
Still, having experienced it myself now, I can sympathize with the twinge I’m about to give my many well-meaning English teachers when I divulge this next bit of information.
Airing My Dirty Laundry
by Tony Ditta | Dec 17, 2017 | Placeless
I’m not totally clear on the distinction between Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles.
I wish the employees at the restaurants I frequent would pretend they’ve never seen me before.
Christmas During the Time Being
by Andrew Knot | Dec 16, 2017 | Placeless
The story has been told, but the rest of us are still here: waiting in the middle of the narrative, confronted with Herod’s uncomfortable realization: we aren’t enough.
Four Cheeses for You, Glen Cocoo: Semi-Definitive Ratings of Romantic Holiday Movies on Netflix
by Cassie Westrate | Dec 15, 2017 | Placeless
The scale runs from zero to five cheeses, with five cheeses reigning supreme for the lamest pick up lines and most predictable plots. Warning: contains spoilers.
Self-Assessment
by Catherine Kramer | Dec 13, 2017 | Placeless
What are your goals for the coming year? How can your manager support you in meeting these goals?
Maranatha
by Abby Zwart | Dec 12, 2017 | Placeless
In a world where fame and infamy
are two sides of the same coin,
who gets to leave a legacy, anyway?
Stand for Something
by Elaine Schnabel | Dec 11, 2017 | Placeless
One of the best critiques of our generation is that we are so busy deconstructing things, we stand for nothing.
Crying on Public Transit
by Jenna Griffin | Dec 10, 2017 | France
Eventually you have to look these fears in the face, and you have to sit with the things, both true and false, that you believe about yourself.
This is 30
by Bart Tocci | Dec 9, 2017 | Placeless
A lot of people talk about turning thirty like you’re turning dead.
Ending | Beginning
by Paul Menn | Dec 8, 2017 | Placeless
My daughter will be here at the end of February. I am a mix of emotions.
Good Guys vs. Bad Guys
by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Dec 7, 2017 | Placeless
I am baffled as I listen to TV reporters and NPR correspondents struggle to reconcile their love for someone with the terrible things that person did. We all love people who have done horrible things.
Live at KEXP: This Is the Kit
by Josh deLacy | Dec 6, 2017 | Washington, Wisconsin
I stood ten feet away from Kate Stables in the front row of an audience that barely totaled twenty people, and yet This Is the Kit wasn’t playing for us. They didn’t even know we were there.
The Uppermost Room
by India Daniels | Dec 5, 2017 | Placeless
The room was smaller than I expected, square with leaded glass windows and peeling paint, a water-stained chartreuse couch and scattered chairs.
I Can Just Be Here
by Caitlin Gent | Dec 4, 2017 | Wisconsin
“Oh! Like ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,’ except with bits of conversation. Without, like, any sort of context or link in between?”
