After five years working in the technology sector, Daniel Melvill Jones is completing his undergraduate degree in English at St. Mary’s University in Calgary, Alberta. His great delight is when creativity and collaboration are combined. Daniel‘s writing has appeared in several online magazines, Christ and Pop Culture and Mockingbird and he is the co-creator of Assumptions, a podcast in which a Christian and an atheist try to better understand each other’s worldview. More of his work can be found at www.danielmelvilljones.com.
In Defense of Owning Too Many Books
The volumes of books I continue to bring home are not reminders of guilt or inadequacy, but rather invitations to the vast world of ideas and stories worth exploring.
One night, years ago, I was so excited over the books I would someday read I couldn’t sleep. As a child, the happiest moment of my week was driving home from the public library with enough armfuls of books to last the weekend. Then, in early high school, my grandmother encouraged me to keep a […]
In the Bedroom and the Failure of Grief
In the Bedroom—the highly-acclaimed 2011 film based on a short story by Andre Dubus and starring Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek—ends with an aerial view of the New England town of Camden. The houses, church spires, diners and docks that once seemed idyllic grow smaller as the camera pulls back to reveal the woods and […]
The map of memories becomes a literal map I use to find my way home.
It’s been two years since I last stepped foot in Victoria. I was born there, and my childhood nostalgia is tightly linked to the city. Now I’m riding a borrowed bicycle through its streets. I’m not seeking out the memories, yet they confront me, nonetheless. The map of memories becomes a literal map I use […]
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