First Links — 6.4.14

Should a Mental Illness Mean You Lose Your Kid?
Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica

Thomas Hardy in Judea
Atar Hadari, Mosaic

Looking for Love in One of the World’s Tiniest Religions
Jihii Jolly, The Atlantic

The Many Lives of Aubrey Lee Price
Charles Bethea, Atlanta Magazine

Notes for the Stage
Aditi Sriram, Guernica

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