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The Talented Mr. Huxley
The author of Brave New World was the master of the dystopic novel.
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November/December 2015 edition on issuu
A new way to read the magazine online that mimics reading it on paper.
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Who Were the Pilgrims Who Celebrated the First Thanksgiving?
Ric Burns’s close look at the Pilgrims may change how we think of them.
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Chairman William Adams Reflects on 50 Years of NEH
Endowment's great mission and growing achievements are reviewed
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King Tut: A Classic Blockbuster Museum Exhibition That Began as a Diplomatic Gesture
When the boy-king was the hottest ticket in town
By Meredith Hindley -
To Bring the Humanities to All Americans, NEH Needed Local Partners
How the state humanities councils expanded and helped fulfill the mission of NEH
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Edmund Wilson’s Big Idea: A Series of Books Devoted to Classic American Writing. It Almost Didn’t Happen.
The origins of the Library of American were a messy business.
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Berea College in Appalachia Charges Students Nothing but Expects Great Things in Return
A legacy of community and dedication continues at a college in Kentucky.
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Willa Cather in the Desert: Where She Learned What Truly Mattered and Found Material forThe Song of the Lark
Walnut Canyon in Arizona was the inspiration for key scenes in Cather's 1915 novel.
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Virginia Woolf Was More Than Just a Women’s Writer
“A Room of One’s Own is a formative feminist document,...
By Danny Heitman
