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5 days ago · The two faces in “American Gothic” are not just figments of Grant Wood’s imagination. They belong to real people who were part of his life. The stern farmer was modeled by none other than Dr. Byron McKeeby, Wood’s dentist from Cedar Rapids. Yes, you read that right – the man gripping the pitchfork is a dentist!
1 day ago · Culture of theUnited States. American literature is literature written or produced in the United States and in the colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition is part of the broader tradition of English-language literature, but also includes literature produced in languages other than English.
1 day ago · As the back matter to this book testifies, Black farmers once made up 14 percent of farmers a century ago. Today, that number is less than two percent. That also doesn’t take into account the farm land taken from freed slaves. And the taking of land is an even longer conversation when it comes to Native Americans.
2 days ago · Robert Frank and Todd Webb traveled the U.S. in 1955. A show of their work will make you see America, and photography, with freshly rinsed eyes. Review by Sebastian Smee. June 5, 2024 at 11:00 a.m ...
4 days ago · John Okada, who would go on to publish “ No-No Boy ,” a dark, tortured portrait of the postwar Japanese American community, in 1957, was a student at the University of Washington in 1941. He ...
19 hours ago · COVER STORY: When students graduate debt-free Total student loan debt in the United States is now nearly $1.8 trillion, and economists say young people are delaying buying homes and starting ...
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May 15, 2024 · The new animated short film "Love of the Land," from Vermont filmmaker Travis Van Alstyne, tells the story of Ascutney farmer Romaine Tenney, whose farm was seized by eminent domain in 1964...
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- Made Here - from Vermont Public
