Goodbye and Hello
It’s time to pass this space on to the next generation.
Abby Zwart (’13) teaches high school English in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She spends her free time making lists of books she should read, cooking, and managing the post calvin.
Salad Days
To be sure, I found several things that made me cringe. But I also found a lot of things to love.
Ten Things That Scare Me
A bar of soap slips from its shelf and clatters to the shower floor with the power of a thousand stampeding wildebeest.
Call for Audition Submissions
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!
Bon Appetit
It’s just that in the year of our virus 2020, I simply cannot stop watching the Bon Appetit YouTube channel.
Pray-mantising
The next morning she was clutching the screen door with her dainty insect toes.
42°55′16″N 85°37′19″W
“Why is no one washing their hands before going to lunch?!”
the post calvin: Where Are They Now?
We decided to put this extra day of the year to creative use by checking in with some of our former writers.
sometimes the blue’s just a passing bird
it’s curious, the way we’re all tinted.
Yes
You’re not supposed to say yes to everything these days. I know.
Best of 2019: Part Three
Favorite posts of 2019 from our editors.
Best of 2019: Part Two
Favorite pieces of 2019 from our writers.
Best of 2019: Part One
Favorite pieces of 2019 from our audience.
Three Carols for Teachers
Silent night, hole punch night,
Teachers quake at the sight
Musicprayer
That’s a lot of lead up, I know. But, like, welcome to my head I guess.
Eyes
There’s more than meets the eye
Invisible to the naked eye
I can do that with my eyes closed
L is for Linger
So I guess I’m waiting. Statistically, that shoe’s gotta fall sometime.
Watch and Learn
It’s a little weird that I, of all people, feel nervous being watched. Being watched is literally my job.
Beasy Mist, Completely Meat Circle, and Crockpot Cold Water: Or, the Internet is Funny
This can become extremely funny because the network isn’t always that good at making stuff up, mostly because the English language is hard and also because a computer doesn’t have a brain.
Deep Tracks
Grand Rapids Christian High commencement address
May 28, 2019
Call for Audition Submissions
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!
Gourmet Makes
Claire makes Lucky Charms and it turns out cereal is extremely hard to make at home, which is maybe why General Mills can charge us $4 for a twelve-ounce box of air and sugar.
A Silence Haunts Me
Both artists choose the same virtue as their guide through their newly dark and silent worlds—Patience.
The Lion and the Lamb
When is it okay to bring up an ex? My answer, at its simplest, is never.
Song of Myself
dinner for two
at a blessedly quiet establishment
except the waiter is in training
and keeps bothering us
A Hysterical Essay about Packing
I know. It’s just a suitcase. OR IT’S JUST THE MAW OF THE CAVE OF WONDERS FROM ALADDIN WAITING TO EAT ME ALIVE.
Best of 2018: Part Three
This year, we decided to let the writers speak for themselves.
Best of 2018: Part Two
This year, we decided to let the writers speak for themselves.
Best of 2018: Part One
This year, we decided to let the writers speak for themselves.
May
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are,” Dumbledore says, “far more than our abilities.”
