Dear Friends, Please take a moment to CLICK HERE to read Dr. James M. Wilson’s article in First Principles, which he states “Address[es] the pressing need for conservatives to make their case in terms of narrative — which is the mother of all the arts” (https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/art-and-beauty-against-the-politicized-aesthetic/) The title of the article is “The Treasonous Clerk: […]
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Art and Narrative
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Feb 2012
Poetry Postage
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Feb 2012
Thanks, Davey, for the heads up * * * Is there anything Dana Gioia cannot do with poetry? * * * Former National Endowment for the Arts chair Dana Gioia, who lives in Santa Rosa, is on the committee to select commemorative stamps. On March 3, the Postal Service releases a series of stamps, its […]
Category: Art, beauty, It Is What It Is, Liberal Arts, Literature, Ode, Poetry
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Mark Van Doren Remembered
13
Nov 2011
An article remembering the giant Mark Van Doren, Dr. John Senior’s mentor and long-time friend. Thank you to Kirk Kramer for e-mailing this to me, it was a delightful read and lifted my spirits amidst grading student papers. New Criterion, June 2000 Mark Van Doren remembered by Jeffrey Hart Above the columns of Butler […]
