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 You Can’t Earn Easter By B. D. McClay April 20, 2025 On Death & Resurrection By Paul J. Griffiths April 19, 2025 Unmitigated Disaster By Isabella Simon April 19, 2025