2018

Jean Clark Jones

Jones—Jean Clark Jones, 104, on January 9, 2018, in Alexandria, Va. Jean was born on December 6, 1913, in Youngstown,…

Mary Dearden Shaw

Shaw—Mary Dearden Shaw, 92, on April 3, 2018, in State College, Pa. Mardy was born on November 14, 1925, in…

Maryhelen Hintz Snyder

Snyder—Maryhelen Hintz Snyder, 85, on January 23, 2018, in Vienna, Va. Mel was born on October 6, 1932, in Brooklyn,…
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Our Annual Books Issue!

November is book time at Friends Journal. This year's expanded issue has 16 titles. Come explore! Staff

November 2018 Full Issue Access

Members can download the full PDF or read any article online.
Among Friends

The Book You’re Looking For

Among Friends: Our introduction to the November books issue. Martin Kelley
Features

To Imagine Change through Many Voices

The pages of a book can unpack the truths and realities of those we do not know. Detmer Kremer
Features

The Light Will Rip You Up

Navigating anorexia with Simone Weil Caroline Morris
Features

Genesis: Outer Space and Inner Light

Outer space and Inner Light John A. Minahan
Features

Jesse Stuart’s The Thread That Runs So True

A ninth-grade assigned reading foreshadows a vocation to teach. Robert Stephen Dicken
Poetry

Communion

FJ Poetry: "Mean cheese bread / snuggly sandwiched into bags" Nancy L. Bieber
Poetry

If I Had Grown In Some Generous Place

FJ Poetry: "If I had grown in some generous place—" Kat Griffith
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