First Links — 3.27.14

America’s Class System Across the Life Cycle
Matt Bruening, Demos/Policyshop

How Music Criticism Became Lifestyle Reporting
Ted Gioia, Daily Beast

An Interview with Darren Aronofsky
Peter T. Chattaway, Christianity Today

Teaching Literacy Is Teaching Content
Robert Pondiscio, City Journal

The Stories We Tell, the People We Become
Ted McAllister, University Bookman

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