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27 July 2009

[Article by Bridgette Da Silva]

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ARTICLE: Saint Patrick, the Irish Druids, and the Conversion of Pagan Ireland to Christianity, by Bridgette Da Silva

The stories of the mythical saint can certainly tell us much about the context of the times in which they were invented, the seventh century AD, but what can they tell us about the truth behind the conversion of the Irish to Christianity?

FICTION: Bespoke, by Genevieve Valentine

The floors were real dateverified oak, the velvet curtains shipped from Paris in a Chinese junk during the six weeks in '58 when one of the Vagabonder boys slept with a Wright brother and planes hadn't been invented.

POETRY: Rattlebox III, by Mike Allen, Kendall Evans, & David C. Kopaska-Merkel

Skinner's daughter is or is not / within the box, a paradox. / Is she learning an algebraic maze?

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Impossible Stories II by Zoran Živković, reviewed by Anil Menon
Wednesday: Moon, reviewed by David J. Schwartz
Friday: Blood of Ambrose by James Enge, reviewed by William Mingin

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