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Category: Americana

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07/02/2018

George Bellows: America’s Artist on the National Pastime

Baseball's effect on the ballplayer-turned-artist

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03/19/2018

Why Does a Tree Fall in Detroit?

Surviving a winter with utopian squatters

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02/01/2018

Jasmine and the Good Life

Time waits for no place

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01/30/2018

American Roots

Meet my immigrant family

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11/02/2017

The Price of Friendship

At the bottom of the pyramid . . . scheme

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10/30/2017

Halloween is Cancelled

...and this means guerrilla warfare

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10/09/2017

The New Old-Time

Fiddling in harmony

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07/20/2016

Mencken in the Middle

Whatever side of the aisle you're on, H.L. Mencken is as relevant as ever.

by sheldon3823

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06/08/2016

They’re Not Coming Back

Lyndon Johnson’s Big Break

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