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Mary Karr, Poet/Memoirist/Professor

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In Rome years back, #PopeFrancis--handed me a rosary I still pray with. Leave it to #BobDylan to nail why I wept like a child when I met him. “[He] was a voice of mercy in a time of noise. He walked with humility, spoke with fire, and dared to love the unloved. He reminded the

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Willie’s new record nails a dozen baller tunes by my brother-from-another-mother, Rodney Crowell. Y’all need this one, and I get zero kickback. Paradise. Willie Nelson

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What’s a bigger hoot than winning a #PulitzerPrize in commentary in biggest dang mag around, The The New Yorker? Having a young poet you love do it. Former student #MosabAbuToha taught me way more about the lit’rachur’s consoling power during a bloody catastrophe than I ever taught

What’s a bigger hoot than winning a #PulitzerPrize in commentary  in biggest dang mag around, The <a href="/NewYorker/">The New Yorker</a>? Having a young poet you love do it. Former student #MosabAbuToha taught me way more about the lit’rachur’s consoling power during a bloody catastrophe than I ever taught
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One of the most passionate & level-headed reporters from Gaza lists the four #memoir pieces for which he won the #PultizerPrize this week—all worth reading. Blessings on you, Mosab Abu Toha & all the family, friends, & students you’ve lost. You call for permanent peace, & I answer

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Humble, that’s the word I keep hearing about #PopeLeoXIV. With that creole name, he’s got Afro-Carribean roots. And his work in Peru & passion for the lifting up the poor & ordinary give me hope too. Here’s my Jesuit homeboy James Martin, SJ from Rome. ❤️🙏🏻

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To celebrate Mosab Abu Toha’s new #Pulitzer, the stars came out—left to right: himself & wife Maram, Judith Thurman, unnamed filmmaker, and me. Many hoots were had.

To celebrate <a href="/MosabAbuToha/">Mosab Abu Toha</a>’s new #Pulitzer, the stars came out—left to right: himself &amp; wife Maram, Judith Thurman, unnamed filmmaker, and me. Many hoots were had.
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Happy mama day to all you big and little mamas, stirring food and wiping butts, pouring your love out into your each little unarmed & ignorant critters. As Elizabeth Bishop wrote, ‘Somebody loves us all.’ #MothersDay

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So I proved myself a superstitious #Knicks fan when I changed a pwd to KnicksInSix, and they won. Don’t doubt I’ll be popcorned up & wearing a jersey tomorrow night. NEW YORK KNICKS

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House Republicans tell us we can’t afford nutrition assistance for hungry kids, Medicaid for people with disabilities or Pell grants for college students. But we can afford a new $235 billion estate tax break to the top two-tenths of 1%. Complete hypocrisy.

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Hey y’all, have been crazy busy. My son Dev’s in Italy, directing an episode on St. Peter for ‘Martin Scorcese Presents the Saints’. So Ihanging with his gorgeous wife and girls in Brooklyn. Hard labor with spiritual payoffs. 🙏❤️🥰