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Book of MercyBook

by Leonard Cohen

Who uses, recommends or left Book of Mercy, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Matt Duss
Matt Duss is at the center of foreign policy thinking on the left.
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It's called Book of Mercy. Um So, my mom recently passed away. She's She was among other things a woman of deep religious faith. And when and I was raised in the church and when I was younger we I remember I've just been thinking about the time we would spend talking about the Bible and and the Book of Psalms was a particular favorite of ours. The The Psalms of King David and the Book of Mercy or just Book of Mercy is what it's called.

Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “What’s the Left’s Vision for Foreign Policy After Trump?” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-matt-duss.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.

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