Vox pandemicae

to the making
of books
no end

vanity of vanities
in viral times
poems
prayers
sermons
meditations
hosts
of pieties

vanity of vanities
is this
the worship
I choose
go feed
go clothe
and be
mercifully still

This poem appears in the August 12, 2020 issue.

By egregiously misreading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s moral crisis, it primes viewers for violence.

The president, just as the Christian Reconstructionists intended, sits at the top of a violent system as the mouthpiece of a silent, abusive God.

It’s a rich, multivocal library. And we can’t afford to be ignorant of a book that’s being weaponized against vulnerable people.

In memoriam: Martin E. Marty (1928–2025)

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