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Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.21.16
Four Forms of Inquiry
In my last post, I shared four forms of speech that define a richer and clearer palette of conversation in meetings (or in life). The two I find most absent or abused … in purposeful conversation are inquiring and framing. So I wanted to dig into each of them in turn. read more
AJBlog: The Artful Manager Published 2016-09-21
As it is? Pinter’s at his best in No Man’s Land
If you’ve ever doubted that Harold Pinter deserved his 2005 Nobel Prize, take yourself to see Sean Mathias’ production of No Man’s Land with the duo of theatrical knights, Sir Ian McKellen (as Spooner) and Sir Patrick Stewart (as Hirst) at Wyndham’s Theatre. … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2016-09-21
“Polemical History Lesson”: Illustrated Companion to my WSJ Piece on Brooklyn’s American Rehang
There’s a difference between displaying political art and politicizing art. As I argue in “A Polemical History Lesson”, my piece in today’s Wall Street Journal, the Brooklyn Museum’s rehang and reinterpretation of its American art collection crosses that line. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-09-21
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Best-Selling Historian David McCullough Wins First-Ever Lenfest Spirit Of The American Revolution Award
The author of Truman, John Adams, and 1776 has received two Pulitzers, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The new $25,000 prize “will be given to those who contribute to the public’s understanding of the Revolution.”