First Links — 7.14.14

God Lives on Lemon Street
Scott Cheshire, Harper’s

Virginia Woolf’s Idea of Privacy
Joshua Rothman, New Yorker

In Defense of Fanny Price
Tara Isabella Burton, Paris Review

Carrie White Will Never Die
Eve Tushnet, American Conservative

The Tea Party’s New Front in the American Culture Wars: Literature
Adam Kirsch, Tablet

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