Whitney Museum Show Expands Contemporary American Art
New York AP report notes The Whitney Annual: Sculpture 1970 at the Whitney Museum of American Art runs through Feb 7 and showcases 100 artists, 51 newcomers, with works ranging from neon and plastic to giant structures. Curators funded by Ford Foundation travel the country selecting pieces, highlighting new directions beyond traditional sculpture.
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New York
Whitney Museum of American Art
Bronx
Lower East Side
Great Salt Lake
Utah
John I. H. Baur
1970 in Books Highlight Sex, War and New English Bible
A survey of 1970 book trends notes fierce interest in sex with Portnoy’s absence from peak impact yet strong scientific discussions from Masters Johnson and a rising appetite for environmental topics. Best sellers include Love Story and Hemingway’s Islands in the Stream. The New English Bible garners praise, while North Carolina writers like Wilkinson, Price, Ehle, and Owen publish notable works. Red Clay Readers closes after a long run.
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Oscar Lewis
Ernest Hemingway
Women’s Liberation’ Movement
Kate Millett
North Carolina
Sylvia Wilkinson
Reynolds Price
John Ehle
Guy Owen
Ehle
Owen
Cape Fear
Joedel
Cape Fear Valley
Best-Sellers in Focus From Modern Literature Lists
A catalog of popular books includes Love Story Islands in the Stream and The Crystal Cave with authors such as Hemingway Shaw Delderfield and Stewart. Other notable titles cover sex education history and politics with Inside the Third Reich by Speer and The Greening of America by Reich shaping reader interest this period.
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Shaw
God
Delderfield
Crystal Cave
Stewart
Reuben
Third Reich
Speer
White Mouse
Johnson
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Reich
Sunday Crossword Puzzle by Cora Goodman ACROSS
Crossword clues list appears with fragmented entries such as Tint clipped Old playing cards property clash kettledrum and other terms. Lacking grid or answers, the readable items point to a themed puzzle by Cora Goodman with multiple defined Across clues and cross references.
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John Payne
Florida City
Brot
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Alencon
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Fender Damages
Fourth Street East Nostalgia Review by Jerome Weidman
A review lauds Weidman’s Fourth Street East as worthwhile. It frames the nostalgia boom as a broader trend and praises the book’s strong writing and vivid memoir style set in Manhattan’s Lower East Side during World War I. The narrator’s father and immigrant experiences drive the narrative with wit and pathos.
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Jerome Weidman
Random House
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Europe
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Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass rise in country scene
Nashville based trumpeter Danny Davis built a career from MGM to RCA before founding the Nashville Brass with a horn driven country sound. The group, formed in 1969 after Atkins approved the concept, has won CMA awards and plans 24 weeks of Las Vegas Reno Tahoe work along with TV appearances and touring. Davis, once George Newland, also produces other artists in Nashville through an independent firm. NET will feature Earl Scruggs, Johnny Cash, and Merle Haggard programs in January.
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Associated Press
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NET
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Merle Haggard
Great Alexander the Great by Peter Green review
Peter Green’s Great Alexander the Great surveys Alexander and Philip as brilliant strategists who shaped Graeco Roman civilization. The book blends drama with strong imagery, including photo rich reproductions, though Green occasionally overdramatizes brief ancient episodes.
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Peter Green
Praeger Publishers
Alexander of Macedon
Philip
India
Alexander
Aristotle
Rome
Greece
Plutarch
Arrian
Duke Ellington Revealed Through Decades of Band Voices
Stanley Dance curates a multi chapter look at Duke Ellington through Ellington and 26 former band members. The book offers reminiscences personal histories and road stories from the 1920s to today illustrating Ellingtons instinct for talent and music. Cat Anderson recalls intense competition and the drive for recognition while many musicians left touring life worn out by travel and wives' fatigue.
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Duke Elington
Ellington
Cat Anderson
Life and Times of Thomas Merton memoir review
Edward Rice's book presents a personal portrait of Thomas Merton, detailing his youth, conversions, monastic life, and intellectual pursuits. It frames Merton as a complex figure who explored communism, Catholicism, Buddhism, war, race, and social structure, combining photographs with biographical outline and quoted writings.
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Edward Rice
Doubleday
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Merton
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