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As a kid, Ramtin fell in love with Frank Herbert's 1965 epic sci-fi novel, Dune. Today, he joins NPR's Books We’ve Loved crew ...

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(RNS) — In a year marked by political violence and collective unease, writers on religion and spirituality offered ...