First Links — 10.21.13

On Money
Richard Lee and April Koh, Yale Logos

The Warm Rain
Les Murray & Andrew McCulloch, Times Literary Supplement

My Dinner with Irving
Wilfred M. McClay, Mosaic

The Invention of the American South
Nick Ripatrazone, Marginalia

Why Have Young People in Japan Stopped Having Sex?
Abigail Haworth, Guardian

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