Joe Chaney
Michiana ChroniclerJoe Chaney is a poet living quietly in South Bend. He is director of the Master of Liberal Studies Program, an interdisciplinary degree for community leaders, life-long learners, public intellectuals, and people with a range of academic ambitions, at IU South Bend. Whenever possible, he travels to far-away places.
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Joe Chaney's Comments about winning and the troubles it can cause.
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I wonder if people will look back on this moment in history and say that this was the week when transgender people began to be understood and respected…
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Two winters ago on the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i I met a man in his mid-thirties, a Midwestern loner who’d been kicking around on the island for five…
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As my wife and I were strolling through the neighborhood this week, we noticed a group of people walking toward us along the street. Most were teenagers,…
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Judging just by its economic impact, Halloween is the second-most popular holiday in the U.S. It's the day when you get to be someone else, and that…
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Amid so much news of international conflict and human loss (Ferguson, Missouri; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; civil wars in Ukraine, Libya, Syria, and…
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The obesity epidemic became more real to me during my travels last weekend. My return flight was fully booked, and I boarded late only to discover that my…
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Last week, my wife and I, feeling restless in South Bend, took a self-guided tour of the natural history of our region. We wanted to see the remaining…
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Ah, the sweetness of springtime! The almost-budding trees! The slowly warming air! And, warmest of all, the pancakes! There’s nothing like a pancake…