Letters to the Editor

Mark Dow writes: A quick note on the theme of hymns raised in the editorial to PN Review 282. Last month I was in Appleton, Wisconsin, for the memorial service of a friend’s mother. My friend’s parents were deeply involved in the Korean Methodist church in Wisconsin. When the group started singing I didn’t understand what I was hearing. Then I realized some people were singing the hymn in English and others in Korean. (The lyrics sheets were bilingual.) At synagogues I’ve heard prayers sung in Hebrew and others in English but never at the same time. It was odd and wonderful.

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