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[email protected] WEB www.nhc.rtp.nc.us National Humanities Center Annual Report 2004 2005 Annual Report from the President and Director Work of the Fellows Statistics Books by Fellows Financial Statement Supporting the Center Staff Board of Trustees Report from the President and Director “I have thanked my lucky stars…” ANY TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, MI HAVE THANKED MY LUCKY STARS THAT I WORK AT THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER, BUT NEVER MORE FERVENTLY THAN THIS MORNING, AUGUST 29, 2005. As I am writing, at around 6:00 a.m., I am keep- ground), Piety and Desire (just a short walk), ing an eye on CNN, which is tracking the course white and black, rich and poor, elegance and vul- of Hurricane Katrina as it bears down on New garity. This may be the last day in the history of a Orleans, the city I inhabited, in a state of mingled city that has given America the best of its music, ecstasy and disbelief, for seventeen years before a good portion of its literature, most of its good moving to North Carolina in January 2003.