First Links — 10.7.13

The Most Difficult Saint to Know
Br. Leo Camurati, O.P., Dominicana

Dante: The Most Vivid Version
Robert Pogue Harrison, New York Review of Books

Bejeweled Skeletons of Forgotten Martyrs
Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian

Master of the Games
Joseph Epstein, Weekly Standard

In Conversation with Antonin Scalia
Jennifer Senior, New York

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