First Links—7.9.15

Unclimbable
Eva Holland, SB Nation

Augustine vs. Eminem: The Current Cultural Empasse
Mark Judge, Acculturated

Farewell to the House of Commons: Last Words From Departing MPs
Aaron Wherry, MacLeans

The Forgotten Village: Revisiting Steinbeck’s California
Gabriel Thompson, Virginia Quarterly Review

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