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A few lines of poetry might be all we need...
by Nancy Gardner, educational consultant and NBCT teacher
Hearing an Orchestra for the First Time
by Charles Frazier, award-winning author of Cold Mountain, Varina, and other novels
P.O.W. Poetry in Code
by W. Robert Connor, trustee emeritus, President and Director, of the National Humanities Center (1989-2002)
Butthole Surfers Blew My Mind
by Bob Schneider, musician, songwriter, and artist based in Austin, Texas
Southern History, Turned Upside Down
by J. Porter Durham, Jr., General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer, Global Endowment Management, LP
Meeting the last man on planet earth who could speak Latin
by Michael Fontaine, 40, professor of classics at Cornell University
Sacrifices and the Consequences of Dissent
by Melissa Barnhouse, 38, exceptional children's teacher
Growing Up with the Humanities
by Mirah Horowitz, Russell Reynolds Associates
Studying the Jacobins and Rethinking my Political Leanings
by Tim Miller, Salisbury University
Historical Perspectives
by Judy Lindquist, 59 years old, Educator and Author and 2018-19 Teacher Advisory Council member
The Ho Chi Minh and Marcus Garvey Connection
by Solomon C. Williams, 38 years old, teacher of high school American Government and Economics
Hamilton and the Performance of Poetry
by Thomas Scherer, Consultant, Spencer Capital Holdings
Discovering How Literature and Art Place Demands on Us
by Dr. Gil Greggs, Director of Academic Programs, St. David’s School, Raleigh NC
Don’t Buy Into A Single Story
by Olympia Friday, Social Media and Strategic Marketing Coordinator, National Humanities Center
The Transformative Power of Dialogue
by Catherine Newell, assistant professor of religious studies, University of Miami & The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress
Losing and Regaining the Metaphysical
by David Denby, author, journalist, film critic
Letter from My Grandfather
by Ina Dixon, History United
You Cannot Copy That Map
by Maggie Childress, 24, Teacher, Wake County, North Carolina
The Power of Superheroes
by Jonathan Lethem, novelist
Don't Close Your Eyes
by Julie Rakowitz, 21, Programs Coordinator Assistant at the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research
Perspectives on Commemorating the Vietnam War
by Laura Wakefield, History Educator
Literature and Its Worlds of Possibility
by Emily Coccia, the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress
Deciding Not to Be a Doctor
by Larry Kramer, president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Censoring Slaughterhouse-Five
by Robert D. Newman, President and Director, National Humanities Center
Overlooked Histories
by Kristen Wilson 30 years old, history teacher in Albemarle County, Virginia
Here I Am
by Sydney, 21, student
An epiphany over a statue of Gandhi
by Rick Parker, Middle School Social Studies Teacher
It’s the Little Things
by Soravit Sophastienphong, 21, Undergraduate at Duke University
The Long History of Contested Freedom in Vietnam
by Brendon, 30, High School U.S. History Teacher, from Camden, Delaware