First Links — 5.30.14

Life and Times of a Libertine
Christopher Lasch, The Baffler

Long Overdue: A New Anthology of Pregnancy and Birth
Elisa Albert, Los Angeles Review of Books

Waiting for the Revolution
Caleb Gardner, Lapham’s Quarterly

The Real Life of Edward S. Aubyn
Ian Parker, The New Yorker

For Hire: Dedicated Young Man with Down Syndrome
Michael Bérubé, Al Jazeera America

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