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Ruth Kaplan

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Ruth Kaplan covers Crafts News, Art News and Editorial.

Articles by Ruth Kaplan

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Whatever Happened to Middlebrow Culture — the Taste That Named Itself

Ruth Kaplan

How Public Libraries Are Actually Funded

How Public Libraries Are Actually Funded

Ruth Kaplan

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The Argument for Slow Reading

Ruth Kaplan

Young and old musicians trading songs at a porch jam in Appalachia

What Counts as Folk Music Now

Ruth Kaplan

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Why Americans Stopped Trusting the Cultural Expert

Ruth Kaplan