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![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re looking for bran muffin journalism, you can subscribe to the Monitor for $15. We’re about kicking down the door of thought everywhere and saying, “You are bigger and more capable than you realize. We have a mission beyond circulation, we want to bridge divides. We’re known as being fair even as the world becomes as polarized as at any time since the newspaper’s founding in 1908. ![]() We’re run by a church, but we’re not only for church members and we’re not about converting people. The Monitor is a peculiar little publication that’s hard for the world to figure out. And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.īut you know what? We change lives. We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.” My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. “Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. A later "Definitive Collector's Edition" will include small changes made during previews and present a finalized version.Ībout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”: The first printing of the book will be a "Special Rehearsal Edition," which reflects the early preview period of the script. The script was written by Jack Thorne, based on a story by Rowling, and the production is directed by John Tiffany. Rowling has promised treats for fans in the new sequel, like telling the "untold part" of Harry's story, including the story of the lives of his murdered parents.įans can expect a slightly different format this time, because the book is being adapted from a stage script. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.” “While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. Harry Potter is now “an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children," according to a synopsis published on Pottermore last year. The new story picks up around the time of the epilogue and focuses on Harry's relationship with his son, Albus Severus. “We are absolutely delighted to be able to make it available for them.” “JK Rowling and her team have received a huge number of appeals from fans who can’t be in London to see the play and who would like to read the play in book format,” David Shelley, CEO of Little, Brown, said in a statement. Rowling's online Harry Potter universe Pottermore will publish an e-book edition as well. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I and II" will be published by Little, Brown in the UK and Scholastic in the US. Thanks to fans' demands, the play will then be published in book form immediately after the stage debut, according to Ms. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" will first hit the London stage in a special two-part theatrical production premiering July 30. How's this for a special birthday gift for Harry Potter: Almost nine years after releasing the final Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," JK Rowling will release an official eighth installment in the popular series on July 31 – the boy wizard's birthday. ![]()
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