First Links — 5.28.13

Faith, in Poetry
Mark Oppenheimer, Yale Alumni Magazine

How Proust Can Save Memorial Day (Really)
Robert Royal, Catholic Thing

Amidst Jihadist Hatred, Something New
Abraham Kuruvilla, Coptic Orphans

Stay Out of Syria
David Bromwich, New York Review of Books

Gatsby Madness and the Millennials
Emily Stimpson, Catholic News Agency

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