| Contents |
Creative power : Yaddo and the making of American culture / Micki McGee -- Refuge and crucible : Newton Arvin's Yaddo / Barry Werth -- The trailblazer : Aaron Copland and the Festivals of American Music / Tim Page -- In good company : visual artists at Yaddo / Karl E. Willers -- The ghosts of Yaddo : what they taught / Allan Gurganus -- Living with artists / Helen Vendler -- The longest stay : Agnes Smedley, Yaddo, and the "Lowell affair" / Ruth Price -- Writ in water : the rise and fall of literary reputations / David Gates -- Crème de la crème : highbrows, lowbrows, voracious omnivores, high, low, and hi-lo / Marcelle Clements. |
| General note | Published on the occasion of an exhibition presented at the New York Public Library, Oct. 24, 2008-Feb. 15, 2009. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-150) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008023729 |
| ISBN | 9780231147361 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0231147368 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780231147378 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0231147376 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
