Does The Internet Strangle The Nous?

And: Late night reading with Wallace Stevens, plus, a St. Francis of our time

Frederica Mathewes-Green

I was invited to attend a small party Sunday afternoon. A new French friend who recently settled in Budapest invited me to a gathering at her apartment, in which she would serve gateau de roi — king cake — to guests. I was so looking forward to it, but when the hour drew near, I couldn’t tear myself away from my work on the book.…