Wednesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Walter Brueggemann reviews Susan Jacoby, "an important truth teller. Her book's core idea is that old age is real, inescapable and often dreadful—despite society's illusions."

• Steve Thorngate on the conversation Rep. Akin provoked

• Debra Bendis on Atina Diffley's organic-farming memoir

• Lil Copan on artwork by Sheila Mahoney Keefe (subscription required)

In the news:

• Old-fashioned nuns say the past is key to the future