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Catherine Brown Tkacz

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Catherine Brown Tkacz earned her Ph.D. in medieval studies from the University of Notre Dame. Author of two scholarly books and dozens of scholarly articles, she is also a published poet. She writes from Spokane, Washington. This article is dedicated to her goddaughters, Christine Marie Dits, Karen Mannino, and Morielle, Fiona, and Julia Pudewa.

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