Jennifer Howard

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Updike on (White, Male) American Art

May 30, 2008

I sat in on John Updike’s Jefferson Lecture–” ‘The Clarity of Things’: What Is American About American Art?”–at the Warner Theatre here in D.C. last week. The Jeff Lec, sponsored by the NEH, is the federal government’s highest honor “for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities.” The President’s Own Color Guard marched the flag in… Continue reading »

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