CrossCurrents

Forecast
by Beth Spesia Muench ’15
Tomato season
by Megan Valley ’18
The view from apartment 206
by Amy Teske ’19
What I wouldn’t give for one of those looks even now
by Bruce Lawrie
The shoe story
by Erin Buckley ’08
Editor’s Note: Hope is a duty
by Mark Phillips
‘I was far enough from the nearest road and house that I could hear no passing vehicles or children playing outside, or other human sounds, nor, eerily, did I hear any chickadees or jays or other birds.’
by Peter Wayne Moe
A meditation on death and life and a bucket of good earth
by Colleen Shaddox
Saying people in poverty have no power, writes the author, is like saying Superman has no power because of kryptonite. And yet, how tightly the rest of us hold firm to that weapon and shield.
by Anna Romandash ’22MGA
The answer comes uneasily during visits with Ukrainian women whose homes and loved ones are webbed into violence and pain and fortitude.
by Brett Beasley ’22MTS
How Notre Dame scholars helped cure a turbulent Colombia.
by Karen Stohr ’92
What do Aloysha, Kant and Ted Lasso have to tell us about hope in a world of darkness, doubt and despair? Read here.
by Gerard Thomas Straub
. . . and how good people have given their lives there to God and their fellow suffering humans.
by Sam Hazo ’49
The writers who craft ad copy have learned well from poets. But the words they wield have a different intent and power.
by Jennifer Anne Moses
For those of us looking for some thing or some set of conditions that will finally bring us peace, is enough ever enough?
by José Sánchez Córdova
Iconic designer Thom Browne ’88 brings his sartorial artistry to the campus quads and incites a day or two of edification, camaraderie and fun.
by Beth Spesia Muench ’15
by Megan Valley ’18
by Amy Teske ’19
by Bruce Lawrie
by Erin Buckley ’08