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October 2018

October 17, 2018

Waiting for Nothing to Happen

When I was in my twenties, toward the end of a not-especially-dissolute but nonetheless untethered...

October 02, 2018

A Conversation with Alicia Ostriker: Part 2

“When I write a poem, I am crawling into the dark. Or else I am...

October 01, 2018

A Conversation with Alicia Ostriker: Part 1

Image issue #98 includes poems by critic, activist, and biblical scholar Alicia Ostriker, winner of...

August 2018

August 01, 2018

I’ll Be Waiting Right Here

Apparently, running late may be a symptom of optimism, creativity, and literally perceiving time differently....

November 2017

November 08, 2017

You Can’t Hide from Winter

Winter is coming. All of northern Michigan seems to whisper the warning. The sun is...

September 2017

September 13, 2017

There is Only This Present Moment

I’m trying to trust in God. My husband has had chronic fatigue and chest pain...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

An All Too Ghostly Ghost Story: Part 2

Continued from yesterday. Four years ago, my wife and I moved into our red brick...

August 21, 2017

Prowling the Woods

My father told me that when he used to bird hunt through the Kilgore Hills...

August 16, 2017

Entering the Age of Subtraction

I am entering the Age of Subtraction. Almost as if there existed an imperceptible fulcrum...

July 2017

July 10, 2017

Rectifying 2017

During its four seasons from 2013 to 2016, Rectify was no stranger to critical praise....

June 2017

June 06, 2017

Movements of the Lord

As I was saying my rosary this morning on my walk, it occurred to me...

April 2017

April 21, 2017

Poetry Friday: “Sewing Box”

We don’t think enough—or at least I don’t—about how objects can contain memory. But Murray...

July 2016

July 06, 2016

Boyhood and the Incarnation of Time

The hardest part of watching Boyhood for me wasn’t the film itself but going back...

June 2016

June 10, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Quantum Theory” by Victoria Kelly

A friend said to me once, if time were flat, if everything were always happening...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Odd Northern Indiana

Route 41 takes you along the coast of Lake Michigan out of Chicago. If you...

May 13, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Middle Distance, Morning” by Margaret Gibson

I read this poem as a meditation on how one can relate to the outside...

April 2016

April 01, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Creed in the Santa Ana Winds” by Bronwen Butter Newcott

Growing up in southern California, I experienced the uneasy allure of the Santa Ana’s hot...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Detroit: The Reality of Death and the Reality of Life

At night, through the mottled glass of a door that leads out onto the roof...

November 2015

November 02, 2015

My Soul Thirsts

My children’s Michigan fact book says you can’t go more than eight miles without hitting...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

The Affair and the End of It

The second season of Showtime’s The Affair premiered at the beginning of October. In the show, Noah,...

September 2015

September 14, 2015

Thou Shalt Not Kill Time: The Ethics of Storytelling

By Daniel Taylor Is The Great Gatsby a crime novel? (There’s a murder.) Crime and Punishment?...

August 2015

August 12, 2015

No Better Place to End, Part 1

By Brian Volck This post was made possible through the support of a grant from...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

The Trouble with Time

They talk. They talk to. They talk about. God. Please, God. Dear God. Thank you,...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

My Soul Thirsts

My children’s Michigan fact book says you can’t go more than eight miles without hitting...

November 13, 2013

I Don’t Have Time

In our current Western culture, we think we have control of time. With our watches...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

You Can’t Hide from Winter

Winter is coming. All of northern Michigan seems to whisper the warning. The sun is...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Conscience: An Epitaph

Time melts as it’s made, said Anthony Burgess. Each moment is both increase and surcease,...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Falling Upward: Don Draper Meets Richard Rohr

Guest Post By Cathy Warner The opening credits of Mad Men have always disturbed...

August 21, 2013

We Have Eternity in Our Hearts

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

For the Time Being

I recently ran into a good friend who’d been battling depression for years. She looked...