By remembering how a group of his students mended a fracture over a controversial book, a former college professor finds hope for national reconciliation.
Mark Phillips
Mark Phillips has contributed to Notre Dame Magazine, Commonweal, Salon, The New York Times Magazine, The American Scholar and other journals. He is the author of a memoir, My Father’s Cabin, and a collection of essays, Love and Hate in the Heartland. He lives in southwestern New York State.