Peter Cooley’s twelfth book of poetry, Accounting for the Dark, was released by Carnegie Mellon in February 2024. Also by this author Poem | Blue Insistencies Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2005-09-09 issue: View Contents Recommended for you Christian Radical By Arvin Alaigh October 1, 2026 Pulling the Brake By Eugene McCarraher September 28, 2026 Clerics Without Clericalism By Timothy Kirchoff October 1, 2026