Sep 04 2015
The White House today announced the distinguished recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal. The awardees include historians, writers, a philosopher, scholar, preservationist, food activist and an education course. President Barack Obama will confer the medal in a September 10 ceremony in the East Room. The First Lady will also attend.
The awardees include Annie Dillard, Jhumpa Lahiri,
Larry McMurtry, Alice Waters, and The Clemente Course in the Humanities - an organization that seeks to improve the lives of disadvantaged adults through free humanities education to thousands of men and women, enriching their lives and broadening their horizons.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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