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

Writing in the Information Age

Vol. 11, No. 4

Co-editors, Hope Nisly and Erin Renee Wahl

Current Articles

Introduction to "Writing in the Information Age"

by Hope Nisly

"I looked at my phone, it was sitting on the ...
The Drunken Mennonite Opines about Life in the Internet Age. Twice.

by S.L. Klassen

Earlier versions of these posts were published on the Drunken ...
Märchen1 / Märchen2 / To Blake / Heaven (4 poems)

by Sarah Kortemeier

Märchen[1]

1.

The knock was not at the door ...
Isaac Bauman Buys a Phone

by Andrew Harnish

In the months after his breakup with Mary Elizabeth, Isaac ...
Translation

by Chris Janzen

Translation

by Chris Janzen

This painting depicts the curious misunderstandings ...
Dr. Spock to Dr. Google: The Internet and the Evolution of Parenting

by Kari Sommers

Information in my childhood home, like the cookware, furniture, and ...
The Pen

by Julia Baker

A fingertip red with crushed berry seed,
a stick carving ...
Television Taught Me Everything I Know

by Melanie Springer Mock

One of my earliest happy memories is of watching television ...
Passive Aggressive

by Chris Janzen

Passive Aggressive

by Chris Janzen

This painting explores the unique ...
Funeral Announcements

by Andrew Unger

We’re each supposed to recite a poem after the horseshoes ...
Streaming

by Chris Janzen

Streaming

by Chris Janzen

This is a drawing of a ...
Gaming and Women

by Jessica Ham

Growing up, I never considered myself a gamer. I played ...
What Things Cost

by Karen McKeever

“There is no milk for the babies, and small children ...
Thoughts Formed for the Modern Technological Social Media Platform We Call Twitter

by Noelle Miller-Haughton

COLLEGE/POLITICAL

All I wanna know is what Calvin and ...
Attaché in the Palace Maze / Sundew in the Cemetery (2 poems)

by G.C. Waldrep

ATTACHÉ IN THE PALACE MAZE

So, pilgrimage, then, which is ...
Writing and Information: Where do we go from here?

by Erin Renee Wahl

As librarians, Hope and I see the part information plays ...