First Links—1.13.15

On Satire—a Response to the Charlie Hebdo Attacks
Joe Sacco, The Guardian

Stanis?aw Bara?czak’s “This is Not a Conversation for the Telephone”
Dan Piepenbring, The Paris Review

How to Read the Psalms and other Biblical Poetry
Billy Kangas, The Orant

Taking Back Friendship
Gracy Olmstead, The American Conservative

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