First Links—5.11.15

Review: Arriving at Amen
Br. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P., Dominicana

Marriage is Not About Fancy Clothes and Nice Flowers, Says Pope
Catholic News Service

Spinster and the “State of the Female” Article
B. D. McClay, Fare Forward

Lessons Learned
Edward Short, The Weekly Standard

Oxford’s Influential Inklings
Philip Zaleski & Carol Zaleski, The Chronicle Review

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