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Contents

History Unfiltered Entrepreneur and onetime gubernatorial candidate Lewis Lehrman talks to NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about Abraham Lincoln’s pivotal speech in 1854.

The Critical Moment: Abstract Expressionism’s Dueling Duo Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg set the standards for art in the 1950s. By James Panero

Stuffitude: Richard Rabinowitz and the Art of Exhibitry How a stilted grad student changed the way we look at museums. By Daniel Scheuerman

Now You See Them A confluence of cultures formed the ancient treasures of Afghanistan, now seen for the first time in the United States. By Mary Kay Zuravleff

Found in Translation About soldiers-turned-defendants, a novelist-turned-interpreter, and French-turned-English. By Steve Moyer

Sunday Filmmakers Shooting on weekends, a team of young, Jewish filmmaker-wannabes in 1920s Berlin made a classic film—and launched several major Hollywood careers. By Bruce Bennett

How to Get a Grant from NEH Insider advice on the ins and outs of grant writing. By Meredith Hindley

Around The Nation

In Focus Ted Lord brings poetry and tech savvy to the humanities in Washington. By Sam Howe Verhovek

Departments

Curio A ladies’ rumble; Honorable Hotbloods; Seeds of Democracy.

Impertinent Questions with James Porter.

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