It has been a tremendous feeling of gratitude to my colleagues and peers at Princeton University for being receiving, last Saturday, the Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities, which “recognizes extraordinary faculty distinction in humanities and publication; in teaching and advising; and in humanities-related University service.” The award dinner at the magnificent Prospect House dining room, was glorious--the sort of thing hardly imaginable anywhere else. And to have my mother, my children, two sisters, as well as three of my dearest friends (who came in from California and Florida) present (while my wife was, still is, in Venice installing her amazing work at this year's Biennale), meant everything.
