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John Cheever was the bard of the backyard

Books recently published with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities 

The Sacred Band of Thebes

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South Carolina

Agnes de Mille created a ballet inspired by the American West.

As a newspaper editor, he covered the outbreak of yellow fever; as a historian, he searched for the causes of epidemics

Research into the development of human language

An early American naturalist’s terrifying account continues to color how the public views an iconic reptile

How a so-so novelist became a major spokesman for organic farming

What the Victorian climate scientist John Tyndall learned from the Alps

An interview with Jared Farmer