Peter Quinn is a novelist and frequent contributor to Commonweal. His memoir, Cross Bronx, A Writing Life (Fordham University Press), is currently in print. Also by this author Coming of Age in America Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2005-08-12 issue: View Contents Most Recent Devotion to the Displaced By Antonio Graceffo April 8, 2025 A Rival Magisterium By Shaun Blanchard, Richard T. Yoder April 7, 2025 A Way in the Wilderness By Alejandra Oliva April 5, 2025