First Links — 8.6.14

The Way, It’s True, Is a Life
Nick Maione, Fare Forward

Inequality and the Middlebrow
A. O. Scott, New York Times

The Bedouin of St. Katherine
Hilary Gilbert, Fortnightly Review

Seeing Israel Through Biblical Eyes
Beth Kissileff & Marilynne Robinson, Jewish Daily Forward

Amtrak Doesn’t Need a Writer’s Residency
Christopher Kempf, Jacobin

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