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Helen DeWitt: ‘Publishers treat authors like outcasts until it’s time to go out and sell books’

The acclaimed author of ‘The Last Samurai’ recently saw her 2018 short story collection, ‘Some Trick,’ as well as her 2022 novella, ‘The English Understand Wool,’ released in Spanish as part of a single collection

Helen DeWitt: ‘Publishers treat authors like outcasts until it’s time to go out and sell books’

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Phillies Suddenly Have Reason to Worry After Third Straight Loss

The Phillies' loss to the Rays makes this an uncomfortable weekend for a team who looked like a shoo-in for a playoff berth.

  • Phillies face third straight loss, postseason hopes in peril
  • Playoff odds plummet from 99.7% to uncertain future
  • Diamondbacks and Rays have little incentive to win final weekend series

Japan's 'Chanson Monk' uses song, sutras to spread message of peace

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- French chanson and Buddhist sutras may seem an unlikely combination, but for 87-year-old priest Miruo Nakano, they have become a way

  • French chanson monk Miruo Nakano spreads peace message
  • 87-year-old Nakano merges French songs with Buddhist chanting
  • Nakano performed at Yatomi event on August 7, urged peace

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