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Seeing Fellini’s Amarcord Was the Greatest Cultural Moment of My Life
by Roddy Doyle, author
Abu’s Afsanas
by Omar H. Ali, 46, Historian
A Requirement I Started to Love
by Liv McKinney, Duke '20, Biology Major
Dvořák’s cello concerto
by Yolande Frommer, 78, retired Travel Agent
Not Too Far Off
by Brian Finke, 21, Student at Texas A&M
Reading St. Augustine’s Confessions in Latin
by Carol Quillen, President, Davidson College
P.O.W. Poetry in Code
by W. Robert Connor, trustee emeritus, President and Director, of the National Humanities Center (1989-2002)
How to Get U.S. Citizenship and the American Dream
by Teresa Kim, History teacher in Vista, California
Don’t Buy Into A Single Story
by Olympia Friday, Social Media and Strategic Marketing Coordinator, National Humanities Center
Representing Southeast Asia
by Adrian Khactu, High School English Teacher
Visiting the Art Museum
by Morna O’Neill, age 41, art history professor
“For the Sake of a Cloud”
by Skye Shirley, age 28, Latin Teacher in Boston, MA
Darkest Before the Dawn
by Natalie Huebel, 22 years old and a student at Texas A&M University.
Eyes on the Mockingbird
by Sarah Arnold, 38, English Teacher
The Role of the Individual versus an Intellectual Aristocracy
by Stephen Miller, 48, Philosophy Teacher
Response to a response
by Jacob, Johnston 20 years old. College student at Texas A&M University
Haunted by Homer’s Sirens
by Kevin Guthrie, founder/president, ITHAKA
The Fault in Our Stars and my Dad - Living through Leukemia in my Dad's shoes
by Cheyenne, 18 years old, living in Utah, a senior in high school
Transformation of an Island
by Caroline Bare, 38, Social Studies teacher
“I saw, in Stephen Dedalus, myself.”
by William Ferris, former Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
Haute Couture: Fashion Fair and the Empowerment of the Black Community
by Olympia Friday, Social Media & Strategic Marketing Coordinator, National Humanities Center
My Favorite Things
by George Bailey, 74. Retired helicopter pilot (45 years). Failed musician, proficient amateur illustrator, avid sailor.
Well-Behaved Women
by Jacqueline Stallworth, 46 years old, High School English teacher in northern Virginia
My Front Porch Looking In
by Zachary Fine, 19, Student
The Perfect Invitation
by Patricia Matthew, 49, English professor living in Brooklyn, New York
Hamilton and the Performance of Poetry
by Thomas Scherer, Consultant, Spencer Capital Holdings
Baseball, Jackie Robinson, and Racial Identity Formation
by Jamie Lathan, 39, teacher and school administrator, husband, father, son, brother, friend.
The Best Motivational Token
by Melanie, 20, Psychology major
From Los Angeles to Guadalajara
by Craig Watson, former director of the California Arts Council