I find that crossing the narthex of a cathedral is like starting a great book: You simply aren’t in your home world anymore.

Jennifer R. Bernstein
Jennifer R. Bernstein is a Seattle-based writer and co-founder of the New Inquiry. She has written essays and criticism for LARB, LitHub, Brooklyn Magazine, Pacific Standard, Catapult, and elsewhere. She can be found on Twitter @jenniferrenu.