Charles of the Desert

Featured in "The Millions" — A year in Reading, Nick Ripatrazone. "Each year I read more books than I can possibly review — here are 5 of the finest and most memorable of that bunch. They are worth your money, your time, and your attention. A book of poems that fictionalizes the life of Trappist monk  Charles de Foucauld . Beautiful verse, full of pieces like "The Pangs of Wanting:" "I deliver my body to the church, / though I cannot imagine what penance might relieve / these pangs of wanti