Julie GautreauImage of a Moment of GraceThe snapshot at the head of this essay was taken by my husband on his cellphone as we stood next to each other in the Cathedral of Rouen on…Sep 4Sep 4
Julie GautreauWHY IT HAPPENED, AND WHAT WE HAVEN’T LEARNEDEarly in the afternoon of June 10, 1944 — four days after the Allied invasion of Normandy — a regiment called Das Führer, of the German…Jun 9Jun 9
Julie GautreauThe State We’re InThis past week, a woman froze to death outside an apartment complex on Hall of Fame Drive in Knoxville. There are multiple housing…Jan 201Jan 201
Julie GautreauNEW YEAR’S DAY, 2024We stopped for lunch at a McDonald’s, somewhere just south of Indianapolis off I-74. We chose it because of what had happened on the way up…Jan 2Jan 2
Julie GautreauChristine, Then and NowAs I was watching Christine, Antonio Campos’s 2016 biographical drama, I had a passing thought. I wondered if the title character, TV…Sep 20, 2023Sep 20, 2023
Julie GautreauA Brief and Beautiful FriendshipChilean folk singer Victor Jara was, in life, famous throughout Latin America for his leadership in the Nueva Canción movement for peace…Sep 7, 2023Sep 7, 2023
Julie GautreauIn Defense of NeighborhoodsMy husband is from France, and among the few things he does not miss about France are the rules about small things. He misses good bread…Jul 12, 2023Jul 12, 2023
Julie GautreauThe Lord’s Day, IndeedI was a public defender for a long time, and I have watched hundreds of videos of poor people’s interactions with police. My clients got…Feb 25, 20231Feb 25, 20231