First Links — 9.10.15

How J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis Revived Modern Myth-Making
James Parker, Atlantic

Can Shakespeare Heal? One Director’s Quest to Help Treat PTSD
Madaline Donnelly, Daily Signal

The Beguine Model for the Benedict Option
Leah Libresco, Patheos

Is Lying Ever Justified?
Christopher Kaczor, Public Discourse

Every Southern Gothic Novel Ever
Mallory Ortberg, Toast

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