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My Favorites: Curating the Revolution  

Matthew Skic, CAS/BA ’14, showcases 10 artifacts that bring the struggles and realities of the nation’s founding to life

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An American Sound

Trace America’s “classical music” through the definitive albums that shaped its transition from big-band swing to high art

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A Fan’s Fidelity

Interim President David Marchick shares how the heartbreaking collapse of the 1970s Oakland A’s taught him an unexpected lesson about patriotism

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The Fabric of Our Union

Editor Adrienne Frank on why the American flag represents both our greatest triumphs and our deepest shortcomings

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The Incommunicable Past

From Gatsby to Beloved, the clash of optimism and tragic reality defines American literature

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A Poem to Remember

Mourning his longtime artistic partner, Kwame Alexander found healing in Langston Hughes’s minimalist verse

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Best Nest: Put a Bird on It

Carolyn Supinka, CAS/MA ’16, peels back the layers of Portlandia

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My Favorite: The Big Chill-i

Personal chef Jordan Miller, SIS/BA ’16, shares 10 cold-weather comfort foods