The hijacking of Kurt Vonnegut's early education embarrassed him not just at the time but down the road, when his career would bring him into contact with writers more well-read than he was.

New collaborations between neuroscientists and humanists look to reunite the "two cultures" of the academy.

The novelist who captured Polish life even as it was changing

Frederick Law Olmsted designed pastoral escapes for the urban masses.

An NEH-funded documentary inspires a cinematic novel, one to be seen as well as read.

Kentucky jockey Jimmy Winkfield fled to Russia to escape Jim Crow.

Montana's hot springs were pockets of peace and luxury on the frontier.

The story of Cathay Williams, the only known female Buffalo Soldier.

French painter Fouquet was a "curious" artist.

In spite of generations of poets and translators' efforts to categorize Federico García Lorca, his talent remains untamed.

Modest Medieval scholar's commentaries on Aristotle come to light after five hundred years

On the origins of habeas corpus.

Alabama's Bob Stewart Builds and rebuilds on the humanities.