Valerie Sayers, Kenan Professor of English Emerita at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of The Age of Infidelity and Other Stories and six novels. Also by this author Experiments in Sainthood Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2005-07-15 issue: View Contents Most Recent Young American By Massimo Faggioli May 16, 2025 Root and Branch By Sarah F. Porter May 16, 2025 Download the 2024-2025 Conversation Starter Series By The Editors May 15, 2025