First Links—12.9.14

Who Should Own the Internet?
Julian Asange, The New York Times

Censors at Work: How States Shape Literature by Robert Darnton, a review: ‘an antidote’
Maureen Freely, The Telegraph

2014: The Year in Photos, January – April
The Atlantic

The Forecast
Wendy Xu, Poetry Magazine

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