How to turn language, the core operating system of the humanities, into numbers . . .
By Meredith Hindley
Governor Goebel: He fought, killed, and was killed.
By Marianne C. Walker
The president accuses his former vice president of treason and tussles with a Supreme Court justice.
By R. Kent Newmyer
The first First Lady to hit the campaign trail without her husband
In studying the sea, we are returning to our beginnings.
By John R. Gillis
A visit to Chestertown, Maryland.
By David Skinner
What accounts for Emerson's endurance as a writer?
By By Danny Heitman
Martin Scorsese takes the stage.
The Art of Martin Scorsese
By Glenn Kenny
Famed translators Pevear and Volokhonsky reach another milestone.
By Kevin Mahnken
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Humboldt in the New World
Journeying through South America, Alexander von Humboldt sought nothing less than "the unity of nature."
By Anna Maria Gillis
Done with Tolstoy
A Workingman's Poet
Frankness and plain speaking made Carl Sandburg a celebrity.
By Danny Heitman
The Blue Humanities
Ralph Waldo Emerson