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Notes & CommentsJune 2010 A word of thanks We take a moment to express our gratitude to supporters and subscribers. For the last several years, we’ve taken the opportunity of our final issue before aestivation to thank the individuals and institutions that make The New Criterion possible. As the magazine approaches its thirtieth anniversary—Volume 30, Number 1 arrives in September 2012—it seems appropriate also to add a dollop of self-assessment to the expression of gratitude. The New Criterion began as an experiment. Partly, it has been an exercise in cultural polemics. We have endeavored to tell the truth about the many naked emperors parading about the cultural landscape. The emperors have not always been gratified by our attention. But polemics was only part of the story. The New Criterion has also been about cultural recuperation: about the battle against cultural amnesia. We endeavored to expose what was empty, meretricious, or overrated, but at the same time we have sought to ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 28 June 2010, on page 2 Copyright © 2012 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/A-word-of-thanks-5317
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