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Cultivation: A Kentucky Statehood Day Speech
Yesterday, I was invited to deliver a keynote speech at Frankfort’s Liberty Hall Historic Site (what a history, there!) to kick off their celebration of Civics Season. They asked me if I would be willing to talk about my work on Driftwood, and here is the result of my, admittedly,…
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An Account of a Ten-Foot-Square Hut, or, How I’m Finding a Little Solace These Days
Before you ask, no, I did not build a shanty in the wilderness (although I sure would like to, given the current state of the world). I have, however, been happily devouring Megan Marshall’s newly published collection of essays, After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart,…
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DRIFTWOOD in News Streams from KWA
If you received the Kentucky Waterways Alliance‘s Winter 2024 NewsStreams magazine, you’ll have seen the generous excerpt from Driftwood: The Life of Harlan Hubbard in its pages (8-9, to be precise). If you don’t already know about KWA and the amazing work they do in our region, I’d encourage you…
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A Q&A with composer Daniel Gilliam…and some notes on the Hubbards and music.
On a Sunday afternoon in 1941, Harlan Hubbard walked up the steps to an apartment building on Clifton Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tucked beneath his arm was César Franck’s Violin Sonata in A Major. In his sweating palm he clutched a violin case. He was there at the surprisingly forward…
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Kentuckiana Sublime, Revisited
This week I stumbled on some old photos of the first exhibit I ever curated on Harlan Hubbard. While I wouldn’t necessarily choose for anyone to read that exhibit text again in full (oh my, was it mediocre, as most of our early writing tends to be, no?), in it…
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