Grace Phan Jones is an alumna of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland. She is currently a master of arts candidate in political science at Boston College and a fellow at the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
Art
The Art of the Warrior Class
A new exhibition of samurai armor captures the violence and delicacy of Japan's warrior caste.
Art
Gilded Respite
James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room offers a glimmering oriental fantasy that rejects the simplicity of today's identity politics.
Books
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