May/June 1997
In This Issue May/June 1997
The Paradox of Biography
While some regard it as "the queen of the humanities," others dismiss it as "low-power history."
Volume 18, Issue 3
Isamu Noguchi's chrome-plated bronze portrait of inventor Buckminster Fuller, 1929.
William Smock
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Features
From Story to Screen
A filmmaker explains how history plays differently on television.
By David GrubinComing Full Circle in Civil Rights
Radio recalls the movement's evolution in five southern cities.
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Departments
Conversation
A Conversation with William Styron
Novelist William Styron and his biographer James West talk with Endowment Chairman Sheldon Hackney about the writing life.
A Conversation with James West
Novelist William Styron and his biographer James West talk with Endowment Chairman Sheldon Hackney about the writing life.




































































































