Stephen Harrigan

It's May 13, the day in 1917 when three children in Fatima, Portugal claimed they saw the Virgin Mary. Their story is the subject of my new book Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century, from @aaknopf.bsky.social

Book Review: ‘Sorrowful Mysteries,’ by Stephen Harrigan In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring power of the Virgin of Fatima.

The New York Times has weighed in on my new book with this very welcome review by Robert P. Baird.

Calling all lapsed Catholics! Join me on my book tour for Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century.

Nearly Forgotten, a 1969 Double Murder in Austin Still Haunts Some In 1969, two University of Texas students who seemed destined for great things were inexplicably killed. Today their loved ones are still haunted and grieving.

Congrats to @stephenharrigan.bsky.social, whose @texasmonthly.bsky.social piece won the Audience Award this week:

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“Something Went Wrong”: The Double Murder That Austin Nearly Forgot In 1969, two University of Texas students who seemed destined for great things were inexplicably killed. Today their loved ones are still haunted and grieving.

n my half-century of magazine journalism, I seem to have entirely avoided writing about crime. At least until now.
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Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment What Seamus Heaney gave me

This essay/elegy/whatever by Caitlin Flanagan in @theatlantic.com is one of the best things I’ve read all year.

Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone What happens if half the population is no longer involved in reading and writing?

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What’s the best age to read The Catcher in the Rye? Turns out, to my great surprise, that the book achieves maximum poignancy when you pick it up again in your seventies.

Brand new here. Are we supposed to have a banner? I asked AI to take a look at the subject matter of my books and create something representative. I'm a bit alarmed by the result.

Thanks Pam!