First Links — 4.2.15

A Preview of Vol. 34: “Sailmaker’s Palm”
Ansel Elkins, Parnassus

The Herod Procedure: After Birth Abortion Arrives
Jeffrey Lord, The American Spectator

‘I Would Prefer Not To’: The Origins of the White Collar Worker
Nikil Saval, Longreads

Poetry & Truth
David Yezzi, The New Criterion

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