First Links — 7.2.13

Willa Cather: A Hidden Voice
Hermione Lee, New York Review of Books

The Esau Syndrome
Howard Kainz, Catholic Thing

Is Absolute Secularity Conceivable?
Simon During,  Immanent Frame

Medieval Pet Names
Medievalists

Scalia’s Literary Dissent
Micah Mattix,  American Spectator

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