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 Horatio Hillbilly Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Published in the 2005-08-12 issue: View Contents Most Recent Horatio Hillbilly By Peter Quinn September 8, 2024 It Happened Here By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly September 6, 2024 Why Women’s Ordination Doesn’t Get Traction By Charlotte Allen September 5, 2024