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Articles with keyword "twentieth century"

François Faber

Curio

Velo News

Histories of bicycle racing often give in to hagiography, but historian Christopher S.

Feature

What Words Are Worth

In defense of the humanities.

Erik Jorgensen, executive director of the Maine Humanities Council

In Focus

Maine’s Erik Jorgensen

Erik Jorgensen, captain of the Maine Humanities Council.

Image of Wallace Stegner

Feature

Proud Flesh

A recollection of Wallace Stegner.

James Leve

IQ

Impertinent Questions with James Leve

On the composers of Cabaret and Chicago.

Image of definition of "aint" from Webster's Second.

Feature

Ain’t That the Truth

Webster's Third: The Most Controversial Dictionary in the English Language.

Curio

Go West, Young Trickster

From Coyote Country: Fictions of the Canadian West, wherein Duke research professor in Canadian studies Arnold E.

Brian Balough

Feature

The American History Guys' Backstory

The humanities version of Car Talk.

Image of Rest and Work, 1941, by Jean Charlot.

Statement

The Art of Influence

Nebraska hosts talks on the reach of the Mexican muralists.

Image of Mural Sketch No. 1, 1937, by Esphyr Slobodkina.

Statement

Abstract in America

Nebraska hosts talks on a pioneer in abstract art.