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Articles with keyword "twentieth century"

A diver examines the wreck of U-85.

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Into the Deep

U-boats off the Carolina Coast were part of Germany's attack against American shipping in World War II.

Simmie Knox's portrait of John Hope Franklin.

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To See a Face

Simmie Knox's bumpy road from abstract artist to presidential portraitist.

 

Wendell Berry with arm around statue

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The Thing (or Things) About Wendell Berry

An Appreciation by Mark Bittman

Chief Hole in the Day

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American Originals

Modern-day Ojibwe maintain ties with language, cultural tradition

French singer/songwriter Leo Ferre

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Liberating Experience

The music of protest

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Song of the Critic

From The Willa Cather Archive, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Descent into Happiness

American writer Richard Ford discusses The Sportswriter

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She's Crafty

Domesticity on the rise in Oregon.

Photograph of Kittie Wilkins

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Woman of the West

The Horse Queen of Idaho.

Michael Anton adjusting tie

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The Dandy

Author Michael Anton speaks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the history and influences behind modern men's fashion.