Jon Volkmer

Jon Volkmer’s books include a postmodern travel memoir, a collection of poems about grain elevators, and a young adult biography of Roberto Clemente. He teaches literature and creative writing at Ursinus College.

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Bottles & Jars

“When Mom asked me how I planned to use my vessels, I was vaguely offended. Wasn’t it enough that they were lovely, and that I had saved them?”

By Jon Volkmer

September 26, 2020

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The Mildred Mysteries

To pray the rosary is to engage in a sustained contemplation of mystery. It can also bring us into the reverent presence of the dead.

By Jon Volkmer

May 12, 2019

Spirituality

Death and Dying

The Last Word

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Dante in Colorado

With deceptive simplicity, a young adult novel echoes Dante’s Divine Comedy in its treatment of the problem of miracles.

By Jon Volkmer

October 26, 2022

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Philip Neri is just the kind of saint we need: a model of lightness of spirit, divine laughter, and extraordinary ordinariness.

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Reckoning With Birth

Birth is one of humanity’s most under-explored subjects. Minimizing birth diminishes one of the greatest powers humans have had: the creation of life itself.

By Jennifer Banks

May 26, 2023

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By Katherine Lucky

May 7, 2023

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Father’s Day

Commonweal writers reflect on their fathers and fatherhood.

By The Editors

June 15, 2022