I have never been to France. On April 14, the day before the cathedral burned, if you asked me to list tourist sites in Paris, I only would have listed the Eiffel Tower and maybe that Shakespeare bookshop. My fiancé came home from work on April 15 and quipped, “today I learned that I’m the only one in my office who hasn’t been to France.” Nevertheless, emotional and philosophical reactions to the Notre Dame fire of 2019 pervaded the Internet and daily life. Despite never having visited France, references to Notre Dame’s meaning pulled me into a rich literary and Read more