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Jeff Gundy, featured poet in the current issue of the CMW Journal (see our home page), is the Image "Artist of the Month." See this link for details on Image Update:

http://imagejournal.org/page/artist-of-the-month/jeff-gundy-2

From the article: [Gundy's] poetry and essays are rooted in the Mennonite tradition, which he credits with giving him “the sense that things outside of my pathetic life matter, and that I ought to think about my own problems and ambitions in the context of something much larger.” From these roots he draws both a sense of humility and a prophetic impulse—forces that hold each other in balance, protecting against both triumphalism and despair. Though he is unsparing of human foibles (including his own), his idealism is voiced without rancor or self-righteousness. Ordinary human pain, including simple restlessness and dissatisfaction, are part of his territory.