First Links — 7.9.14

Quitting the Cancer Battle
D. G. Myers, Good Letters

Know Nothing
Michael Robbins, Slate

Beyond Belief: A Journey to Antarctica
Chris Jones, Afar

Better to Marry Than to Burn
Traci Brimhall, Poetry Magazine

Farming the Apocalypse
Keith Ferrell, Aeon

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