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« Romney's to-and-fro | Main | Podcasts for brainiacs » Sunday, March 4, 2007Johnny Cash, meet Suzanne SomersWhoops! When I blogged at length about Jonathan Lethem's plagiarism essay in Harper's, late last week, I didn't realize that Lethem would be interviewed on that very subject in Ideas this weekend! My bad. Speaking of the current issue of Ideas, as an undergrad religion major, I was pleased to read Chris Shea's Critical Faculties column on "religious literacy." To me, it's a no-brainer that schoolchildren should learn something about world religions, and the influence of religion on history -- but as always, Shea digs deep, finding controversy and debate on this very topic. In other news, the Washington Post ran a list of the Top 10 Most Sought-After Out-of-Print Books in 2006 last Sunday. I'm pleased to report that I own two of these books: Johnny Cash's autobiography and Suzanne Somers's poetry collection "Touch Me Again." Posted by Joshua Glenn at 08:03 PM
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