Author: Straight, Michael

Publication Year: 1978

Media Type: Book

Summary:

Abstract:

[In this book, the author], the Deputy Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1969 to 1978, presents an insider's view of government and the arts in America. From the creation of the Endowment in 1965 to its initial difficulties with the Carter Administration, [the author] provides an intimate and provocative look at the issues of censorship, political interference, artistic irresponsibility, elitism, and the social uses of art. (Book cover)

CONTENTS
Present at the creation.
The clarinet.
When four-letter words were dirty.
M. Malraux at the White House.
Adam.
When the plumbers were at work.
Madam Furtseva.
General Haig.
Testing the boundaries of free speech.
Can there be a democratic culture?
Twigs for an eagle's nest.
The lunatic, the lover and the poet.
Rallying to the good thing.
A city in the form of a palace.
The excrement of the artist.
Fear of Fear of Flying.
Live from Lincoln Center.
Sailing to Byzantium.
The golden fleece.
Time to quit the plough.

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