Phoebe Stein Davis is determined to make the humanities relevant.
By Donna M. Lucey
Erik Jorgensen, captain of the Maine Humanities Council.
By Andrew Lawler
Ann Thompson finds inspiration in Lincoln.
By Sonya Colberg
From fast times at Clairemont High to the California Humanities, Ralph Lewin has always been fascinated with stories.
By Steven Winn
Judith Winzeler speaks up for Chautauqua.
By Jim Sloan
Connecticut’s Bruce Fraser stands up for the quieter, shy sister of the arts.
By Cathy Shufro
Ted Lord brings poetry and tech savvy to the humanities in Washington.
By Sam Howe Verhovek
Jane Brailove Rutkoff brings programs to all corners of New Jersey.
By Mary Jo Patterson
Robert Bailey fosters grassroots humanities programs in Arkansas.
By John C. Williams
Michael Gillette works to make Humanities Texas as noticeable as the handsome mansion it is restoring and using as a new headquarters.
By Rebecca Onion
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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
Famed translators Pevear and Volokhonsky reach another milestone.
By Kevin Mahnken
A Workingman's Poet
Frankness and plain speaking made Carl Sandburg a celebrity.
By Danny Heitman
The Blue Humanities
In studying the sea, we are returning to our beginnings.
By John R. Gillis
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What accounts for Emerson's endurance as a writer?
By By Danny Heitman