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On the life of Flannery O'Connor.

How America kept Russia from starving

Mark Twain's infamous toast rocked the sensibilities of Boston's Brahmin establishment.

America's greatest reader had overwhelming passions: for beautiful women and exceptional writing.

H. F. du Pont's masterpiece of horticulture

The founder of the Sierra Club worshiped the outdoor world.

A public service message

Christopher Columbus likely used world map

Shooting on weekends, a team of young, Jewish filmmaker-wannabes in 1920s Berlin made a classic film—and launched several major Hollywood careers.

The Yup'ik tradition of storyknifing continues.

About soldiers-turned-defendants, a novelist-turned-interpreter, and French-turned-English

2010 National Humanities Medalists

A confluence of cultures formed the ancient treasures of Afghanistan, now seen for the first time in the United States.

A new film tells the story of how modern gospel got its start.

Richard Brookhiser shows the relevance of Alexander Hamilton to our modern lives.

Two hundred fifty years of peace in Japan reveal objects of extraordinary beauty.

Richard Rabinowitz and the Art of Exhibitry

Head of OH plants seeds for discussion, not consensus.

Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg set the standards for art in the 1950s.

On the evolution of a common language for science.

Lev Manovich uses supercomputing to see the big picture

Entrepreneur and onetime gubernatorial candidate Lewis Lehrman talks to NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about Abraham Lincoln’s pivotal speech in 1854.

On Homer and the mortals and gods who fill his tales

Our current mania for Mark Twain

Meet Louisa Yeomans King, the “fairy godmother” of American gardening

Visits to sites relating to city's Jim Crow past have lasting impact

On the "commons" of intellectual property.

On the carefully prescribed protocol of dueling