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Washington State's Julie Ziegler

By Beverly Crichfield

She aims to expand the conversation.

Poster of Eliza from Uncle Tom's Cabin crossing the Ohio River.

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The First Great American Novel

By Randall Fuller

It was Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The Grapes of Wrath's Tom Joad can't find work at a camp.

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Filming the American Novel

By Meredith Hindley

From The Great Gatsby to Sister Carrie, writers tell stories of social climbers and fortune hunters.

The Eye of a Lady by Anonymous, ca. 1800

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The Mysterious Miss Austen

By Meredith Hindley

Two hundred years ago, Pride and Prejudice was anonymously published.

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Editor's Note, November/December 2012

By David Skinner

From the vaulted arch to Celebrating Freedom.

Book cover for Stidentism

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Stridentism: Motors and Wings Included

By Steve Moyer

Mexican Cultural Movement in the Twenties Had Plenty of Varoom

The hero of Gilgamesh ruled the ancient city of Uruk circa 2750 BCE.

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Lessons from a Demigod

By Philip Freeman

Gilgamesh was a brutal tyrant who foolishly tried to defeat death.

Mount Vernon's Hotel Belvedere.

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Street Sense

By Jen Kalaidis

Walking tours of Baltimore's Mount Vernon reveal a neighborhood's literary roots and architectural gems.

Child celebrating Mom's citizenship

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"Informed Patriotism"

By Bruce Cole

NEH celebrates five years of We the People

Lansdowne, the home of saloniere Anne Willing Bingham.

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The Early American Salon

By David S. Shields

In the manuscript culture of the pre-print age, a lost world of poetry has been rediscovered.