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“Artistically, Cameron, brought me deep inside. I felt like I was being called into the
recesses of my mind and soul.” – Mary Dispenza, Writer and Activist

Book cover titled 'Confronting the Patterns That Silence Us' featuring an illustration of an orange birdcage with colorful speech bubbles around it.
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Book cover titled 'RESISTANCE: Confronting Violence, Power, and Abuse within Peace Churches,' edited by Cameron Altaras and Carol Penner; features a stylized image of a dove with outstretched wings in white against a blue background.
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Book cover titled "Anabaptist ReMix: Varieties of Cultural Engagement in North America," featuring an illuminated white column on a dark background, with scaffolding structures flanking it. The editors are Lauren Friesen and Dennis R. Kohn, and it is published by Peter Lang.
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Acting Up: Anthology of North American Mennonite Plays

Forthcoming September 2026

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Poetry of painful truths

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Nothing grows there anymore, or I could blame the dog

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Where the truth lies

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My eyes are worn out looking

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I never stoop to hatred

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With what you hold

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The way I clear

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Poetry by any name you call Her

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Demeter laments

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Demeter, upon accepting what is

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Why, Hecate?

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Artemis Patiently Waits

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Activating Athena

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I saved my life by a thread (With apologies to Ariadne)

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