The cemeteries of Paris
The first part of a reflection on my time roaming among Paris' communities of the departed
[Cimetière du Nord, or more commonly de Montmartre]
Over the years I spent in Paris on various research projects, during grad school and then during my first two sabbatical leaves after being tenured, I came to know the Parisian cemeteries well. I am that kind of person. Every day, when I walk home from campus, I cut through the Lewisburg cemetery and …