Winslow Homer in the Met's "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915"
- November 23, 2009 11:59
In this podcast, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout shares her responses to "Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts," with its "adolescent girls caged up too long," and "The Gale," depicting "a woman used to hard work," two of the Winslow Homer paintings in the Metropolitan's exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."