CMW Journal

The CMW Journal will be published bi-monthly. Each issue will typically focus on a particular theme, author, or genre within Mennonite Writing, and will include poetry, fiction, essays, and criticism.

Current Issue

The Interview Issue (Vol. 2)

Vol. 16, No. 2

Writers speak about their new work, published in 2023-24.

For Volume 1, please click on "Journal" to access the issue archive.

Current Articles

Introduction to Interview Issue Vol. II

by Ann Hostetler

It’s been a joy to edit this interview issue (Volume …
A Parable About Community

by Julia Spicher Kasdorf

Original poem by Julia Spicher Kasdorf
J.L. Conrad: The World in Which

by J. L. Conrad

An interview with J. L. Conrad, 2024.
G.C. Waldrep: The Opening Ritual

by G.C. Waldrep

Interview with G.C. Waldrep by Ann Hostetler, November 2024
Fran Martens Friesen and Mary Ann Zehr: Doors Cracked Open

by Fran Martens Friesen and Mary Ann Zehr

Fran Martens Friesen and Mary Ann Zehr, Doors Cracked Open: …
Britt Kaufmann: Midlife Calculus

by Britt Kaufmann

Britt Kaufman, Midlife Calculus. Press 53, 2024. 83 pages. $17.95. …
Todd Davis: Ditch Memory

by Todd Davis

Todd Davis, Ditch Memory: New & Selected Poems (Michigan State …
Daniel Shank Cruz: Ethics for Apocalyptic Times

by Daniel Shank Cruz

Cruz, Daniel Shank. Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and …
Sofia Samatar: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain and Opacities

by Sofia Samatar

Sofia Samatar, The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain. Tordotcom, …
Katie Lehman: Emily Dickinson's Lexicon

by Katie Lehman

Katie Lehman, Emily Dickinson’s Lexicon. Dos Madres, 2023. 85 pages. …
Daniel Born: The Essential Dale Suderman Reader

by Daniel Born

Daniel Born, editor, The Essential Dale Suderman Reader: Journals, …