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As a missionary surgeon in India, Dr. Paul Brand advanced the study of leprosy, tenderly regenerating bodies and restoring souls in a field from which others recoiled. Brand died in Seattle on July 8 at age 88. "It is indeed possible to live in modern society, achieve success without forfeiting humility, serve others sacrificially, and yet emerge with joy and contentment, wrote Books & Culture editorial board co-chair Philip Yancey, who co-authored three books with Brand. "To this day, whenever I doubt that, I look back on my time with Paul Brand."

In memory of William Bierma 1923-2003

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From the Washington Post:

MADRID — For a glimpse of Europe's young generation on the move and the future of the borderless continent, head to the late-partying Spanish capital, drink a strong shot of coffee and try to keep up with Stina Lunden, a 25-year-old Swedish transplant. Lunden is part of the new "Generation E"—E for Europe, a continent that has been essentially without borders for most of Lunden's and her peers' adult lives. For them, traveling from Sweden to Spain is about as simple as it is for an American college student to take a spring break drive from the Northeast to Florida. While bureaucrats in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union, toil away at highly technical regulations aimed at forging a single, more integrated Europe . . . educated young people like Lunden are traveling farther from home, crossing borders to study and work, learning more languages, building cross-cultural friendships—and chipping away at the old national stereotypes and animosities of their parents' generation. Full story

HONOLULU — The grave robbery occurred nearly a century ago, a brazen incursion into a burial cave of ancestral Hawaiians. But its legacy of intrigue and deceit still haunts Hawaii today, and has ignited a renewed struggle over the fate of the stolen artifacts. The artifacts, considered sacred by some Hawaiians, were taken from the cave by an antiquities buff in 1905. . . . [and] spent nearly a century in Honolulu's prestigious Bishop Museum until three years ago, when they were spirited away for reburial. Today, the museum and several Hawaiian native groups are vying for control of the cache in a controversy that also spotlights a debate over how to treat archaeological items that have spiritual significance, as well as cultural, historical and educational importance. Full story

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At age 60, Art Garfunkel made his songwriting debut last year on his latest solo album, Everything Waits to Be Noticed (with Buddy Mondlock and Maia Sharp). This past February he appeared with Paul Simon at the Grammys to receive their Lifetime Achievement Award. In the portion of this interview that ran in Chicago Tribune Magazine, Garfunkel hinted that he and Simon might reunite. He spoke from his apartment in New York City.

Books & Culture: More than 30 years after Simon and Garfunkel split in 1970, the duo is still how you're identified to many. Is it a burden for an aspiring solo artist to have such success with a duo so early on?

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