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...march toward the 2009 bicentennial of Lincoln's birth and a trove of Lincoln scholarship has become instantly available on the Internet, primary material has become newly accessible, and there's a new drive to get him right. "We really are in a renaissance of Lincoln literature," notes Harold Holzer, a co-chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. "All of the classic works are being updated and improved upon. All the great themes that hitherto we thought had been dealt with definitively are being re-explored." In popular culture too, there is a Lincoln boom: in April...
...criticize the museum, saying there's too much razzle-dazzle and not enough scholarship. "The rubber Lincolns make him remote, strange and mythological," says Simon, of Southern Illinois University. "They've made him into a vulgar creature, not unlike Ronald McDonald welcoming you to his hamburger place." Counters Harold Holzer, a Lincoln scholar and co-chairman of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: "In an era where we battle iPods and MTV for attention, anything that encourages future exploration is good." --By Kristin Kloberdanz
...that the hype has dimmed? Just as it is in music and fashion, in the realm of art, it's a decade that remains a sore spot. It introduced artists whose work has enduring fascination. Cindy Sherman's photographs of herself in the guise of indistinct movie heroines, Jenny Holzer's dream jottings on electronic ticker-tape signs, Elizabeth Murray's shaped canvases--all that arrived in the '80s. So did inflated reputations and a superheated art market that eventually crashed, taking some of the biggest names down with it. All the same, despite its frequent lapses into coarseness, triviality...
...EQUESTRIAN Hawley Bennett, Langley, B.C. Stuart Black, Orangeville, Ont. Ashley Holzer, Toronto Cynthia Ishoy, Jerseyville, Ont. Bruce Mandeville, Puslinch, Ont. Ian Millar, Perth, Ont. Leslie Reid, Langley, B.C. Ian Roberts, Victoria, B.C. Belinda Trussell, Stouffville, Ont. Michael Winter, Toronto...
...gracing your cover was New York's own Sarah Hughes [OLYMPIC PREVIEW, Feb. 11]. I attended the 1999 World Championships in Helsinki and saw the then 13-year-old Hughes mesmerize the crowd with her performance. She is a gracious yet tough competitor and a great role model. BONNIE HOLZER New York City...