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Appalachian Road Diary Sketch
Photo caption

Carolyn Stewart takes us on a tour of Appalachian foodways and finds out what they tell us about ourselves.

—Illustration by Stan Fellows

Spring 2022
Volume 43, Issue 2

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HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities

In This Issue

Men dueling with swords
Dueling: the Violence of Gentlemen

What honor required of men.

Joseph Farrell
Abstract painting of a man with his hands covering his face
Politics and the Psyche    

During World War II, François Tosquelles treated patients by addressing the sickness of society

Camille Robcis
First Americans Museum
A New Museum For First Americans 

Oklahoma

Andy Rieger

Also in this issue

Road Trip Through Appalachia

What I ate and learned along Route 11

Carolyn Stewart
The Algorithms Are Thinking About You Right Now

A lexicon of terms from the intersection of political theory and artificial intelligence

Swati Srivastava
The Art of Children’s Lit and the Caldecott Medal

Texas

Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Francis Bacon, Montaigne’s Rival

Bacon wrote canonical essays, steeped in realism and insight, but his true legacy may rest with the sciences 

Danny Heitman
Leech Mania

The humble worm was once a status symbol

Hannah Stamler
Gabrielle Lyon of Illinois Humanities
Nicole Bond
Photograph by Mary Rafferty
Editor’s Note
David Skinner
The Godfather’s Father

Mario Puzo did not want to starve for his art

Joseph Farrell
Joe Papp and the Transformation of American Theater
Laura Wolff Scanlan

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