Stephen Harrigan
@stephenharrigan.bsky.social
Writer at Large for Texas Monthly. Author of thirteen books, including The Gates of the Alamo, Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, and the forthcoming Sorrowful Mysteries: the Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century.
It's May 13, the day in 1917 when three children in Fatima, Portugal claimed they saw the Virgin Mary. Their story is the subject of my new book Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century, from @aaknopf.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's May 13, the day in 1917 when three children in Fatima, Portugal claimed they saw the Virgin Mary. Their story is the subject of my new book Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century, from @aaknopf.bsky.social
The New York Times has weighed in on my new book with this very welcome review by Robert P. Baird.
Book Review: ‘Sorrowful Mysteries,’ by Stephen Harrigan
In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring power of the Virgin of Fatima.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The New York Times has weighed in on my new book with this very welcome review by Robert P. Baird.
Calling all lapsed Catholics! Join me on my book tour for Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century.
April 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Calling all lapsed Catholics! Join me on my book tour for Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century.
Reposted by Stephen Harrigan
Congrats to @stephenharrigan.bsky.social, whose @texasmonthly.bsky.social piece won the Audience Award this week:
www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/s...
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Nearly Forgotten, a 1969 Double Murder in Austin Still Haunts Some
In 1969, two University of Texas students who seemed destined for great things were inexplicably killed. Today their loved ones are still haunted and grieving.
www.texasmonthly.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Congrats to @stephenharrigan.bsky.social, whose @texasmonthly.bsky.social piece won the Audience Award this week:
www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/s...
www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/s...
n my half-century of magazine journalism, I seem to have entirely avoided writing about crime. At least until now.
www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/s...
www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/s...
“Something Went Wrong”: The Double Murder That Austin Nearly Forgot
In 1969, two University of Texas students who seemed destined for great things were inexplicably killed. Today their loved ones are still haunted and grieving.
www.texasmonthly.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
n my half-century of magazine journalism, I seem to have entirely avoided writing about crime. At least until now.
www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/s...
www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/s...
This essay/elegy/whatever by Caitlin Flanagan in @theatlantic.com is one of the best things I’ve read all year.
Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment
What Seamus Heaney gave me
www.theatlantic.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:03 AM
This essay/elegy/whatever by Caitlin Flanagan in @theatlantic.com is one of the best things I’ve read all year.
What’s the best age to read The Catcher in the Rye? Turns out, to my great surprise, that the book achieves maximum poignancy when you pick it up again in your seventies.
December 4, 2024 at 3:48 AM
What’s the best age to read The Catcher in the Rye? Turns out, to my great surprise, that the book achieves maximum poignancy when you pick it up again in your seventies.
Brand new here. Are we supposed to have a banner? I asked AI to take a look at the subject matter of my books and create something representative. I'm a bit alarmed by the result.
November 25, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Brand new here. Are we supposed to have a banner? I asked AI to take a look at the subject matter of my books and create something representative. I'm a bit alarmed by the result.