First Links — 9.30.14

The Transfigured Earth: Jubilee and the Transformation of Watersheds
Jonathan McRay, The Other Journal

Four Responses to Sympathetic Abortion Stories
Rachel Lu, The Federalist

Joan of Arc: A History by Helen Castor, Review: Popular History at its Best
Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Telegraph

All Your Horses
Kay Ryan, Poetry Magazine

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