A FUGITIVE CATHOLICISM

The work of Richard Rodriguez, Dave Eggers & Czeslaw Milosz

November 2, 2004

Published in the 2004-11-05 issue:

Paul Elie, a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, is the author of The Life You Save May Be Your Own and Reinventing Bach. A third book, Controversy, is forthcoming.

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