Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996) was a writer and ballet critic. In 1946, together with George Balanchine, Kirstein founded the Ballet Society, which would soon be renamed The New York City Ballet. In 1984 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Not Choreographed by Balanchine
November 21, 1991
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The Monstrous Itch
June 11, 1987
Private Domain by Paul Taylor
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Provocateur
January 29, 1987
The Gavin Ewart Show: Selected Poems 19391985 by Gavin Ewart
The Young Pobble’s Guide to his Toes by Gavin Ewart
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Beliefs of a Master
March 15, 1984
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On Edwin Denby
September 29, 1983
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Maker and Teacher
March 17, 1983
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Uncle Wiz the Wizard
December 17, 1981
W.H. Auden: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter
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Lincoln Shelter
August 13, 1981
Lincoln Center: The Building of an Institution by Edgar B. Young, with a foreword by Frank Stanton
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The Eyes of Ez
April 30, 1981
Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts edited with an introduction by Harriet Zinnes
Ezra Pound and His World by Peter Ackroyd
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The Animal Himself
August 14, 1980
The Face of Lincoln compiled and edited by James Mellon
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Great Dane
March 20, 1980
My Theater Life (Mit Theaterliv: 1877) by August Bournonville, translated and annotated by Patricia N. McAndrew
The King’s Ballet Master: A Biography of Denmark’s August Bournonville by Walter Terry
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The Instigator
November 8, 1979
Diaghilev by Richard Buckle
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The Ballet and the Public: Notes from a Diary
November 23, 1978
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Mind and Body
November 24, 1977
Afterimages by Arlene Croce
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Pavilions
October 14, 1976
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On Stravinsky
June 29, 1972

