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An old, old, old, old, old (key word is old here), old flame of mine from my freshman year of high school recently sent me this poem: ...

Ahead of the publication of her new novel, Dream Count, Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie tells the story of her first love.

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From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch ...