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Mr. Blue Redux
- Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2003
- pp. 231-233
- 10.1353/scs.2003.0038
- Article
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For the generation of Catholics coming of age in the 1950s, Myles Connolly's novella Mr. Blue was a cult guide to radical spirituality. Science writer Chet Raymo takes an affectionate look back at a book that helped shape his life, and realizes there is something to be said for moderation.