Friday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Carol Zaleski on the papal transition: "The meeting of Benedict and Francis, characterized in the media as "potentially problematic," was in fact dramatically unproblematic." (subscription required)

• Steve Thorngate on the Mermaid Avenue box set of Woody Guthrie songs

• Thorngate on Maine's Johnny Applegraft

• A brief review of Ron Rash