MAX REIF'S STORIES, ESSAYS, AND POEMS IN
THE MINDFUL WORD: a Journal of Mindfulness and Engaged Living has been featuring my stories, articles, and poems for the past year or so. Here is a TABLE OF CONTENTS of what has appeared thus far. It reads like a little book. I wish continued success and wider and wider readership to Jane Olivier, Meagan Philipp, Kiva Battero, and the rest of the MINDFUL WORD team. --Max Reif, January, 2013 |
SHORT STORIES
PRELUDE TO A WAGNERIAN SPRINGTIME: a story about first love
THE MARTYR: a brief, metaphysical fantasy
THE INCIDENT: short story about college activism
COMING INTO IT: coming of age on campus, in the psychedelic era
THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN: short story about the Healing power of art
ESSAYS

BECOMING A POET: tracing what seems a somewhat improbable history.
CHRIST FOR BEGINNERS: Becoming aware of the God in all things: the slow growth of a Jewish boy, learning to embrace the universal Spirituality of all faiths
LOST IN DANCE: a personal essay on reconnecting with our true selves through dance
MY DENNY’S “AMERICANA” ADVENTURE: two essays
TOO OLD FOR FACEBOOK: a comical encounter with youth
THE KNIGHTS AT THE DEBATE: a Subjective Meditation on the second Obama-Romney debate
HAPPY RE-BIRTHDAY TO ME: a personal essay describing timely help received in a critical situation during my young adulthood
POEMS AND PROSE POEMS

HOLY: a prose poem
POEMS by MAX REIF: six selected poems
TESTAMENT: a poem
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