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Think of the most thankless jobs out there. Slaughterhouse cleaner. Involuntary drug tester. Russell Crowe's assistant. Here's one that's worse: curator of the Whitney Biennial. Every two years, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City attempts a survey of current trends among American artists across the U.S. and based abroad. Every two years, or just about, the whole thing gets terrible reviews...
...Staff writer Natasha S. Whitney can be reached nwhitney@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Natasha S. Whitney can be reached at nwhitney@fas.harvard...
...Staff writer Natasha S. Whitney can be reached at nwhitney@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION
Author of more than 75 mysteries, children's books and textbooks, Phyllis Whitney confessed two decades ago, at 85, that she was starting to slow down. "I only write one book a year," she told the Associated Press. Born in Japan to American parents, she spent much of her early life abroad, an experience that informed her stories. Imperiled-but-wily female protagonists and the men they loved featured prominently in her work, but Whitney considered herself more mystery writer than romance novelist. She was named a grand master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1988, its highest honor...