FIRST LINKS — 7.02.14

Opera is Not Just Our Most Expensive Noise
Roger Scruton, Standpoint

Belted, Booted and Buckled: B-Movie Title Design of the 1960s
Ben Radatz, Art of the Title

Explaining Canada to Americans
Alexandra Molotkow, Hazlitt

Mystery and Manners: On Teaching Flannery O’Connor
Nick Ripatrazone, The Millions

Losing Music
John Cotter, Open Letters Monthly

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