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When Breath Becomes Air
by Robert D. Newman, President and Director, National Humanities Center
Getting Carried Away by a Book
by Kevin Spencer, 37, PhD student in English at Duke University
Witnessing the Effects of Near-History in Iraq
by Scott, 34, former journalist
A House
by Alejandro, 19, student
Resilience, Humility, and Picnics
by Matthew Booker, associate professor of American environmental history, North Carolina State University
The world we live in isn't as big as you may think
by George, 21, student
Bringing What I Love Into A New Field
by Stephen Garrett, 21, Student
A few lines of poetry might be all we need...
by Nancy Gardner, educational consultant and NBCT teacher
Story-Making and the Fault Lines of American Capitalism
by Edward J. Balleisen, professor of history at Duke University
The Virginia State Capitol: Past and Present
by Daniel J. Palazzolo, 56, professor of political science at the University of Richmond
Such a Short Time to Stay Here
by Jennifer Snoddy, 42, high school history teacher, TAC member
How I Came to Oppose the Death Penalty
by Steve Earle, singer-songwriter
“I was dragged, kicking and screaming, to a van Gogh exhibition”
by C. Allen Parker, General Counsel, Wells Fargo & Company
Transformative Literature
by David Denby, author, journalist, film critic
The Berlin Philharmonic Plays Mahler
by David Denby, author, journalist, film critic
On First Encountering Francis Bacon’s Paintings
by Robert D. Newman, President and Director, National Humanities Center
Losing and Regaining the Metaphysical
by David Denby, author, journalist, film critic
Letter from My Grandfather
by Ina Dixon, History United
Censoring Slaughterhouse-Five
by Robert D. Newman, President and Director, National Humanities Center
U. S. Representative David Price on the Influence of Reinhold Niebuhr
by U. S. Rep. David Price (NC-4)
The Power of Superheroes
by Jonathan Lethem, novelist
Election Response
by Camille Harmer
Answering the Question “Who Are We?”
by Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker
Why We Always Come Back to Abraham Lincoln
by Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker
The Day My Interest in Race in America Was Born
by Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker
The Golden Line
by Brooke Andrade, Director of the Library, National Humanities Center
Inspirational Literature
by Marlene Daut, Associate Professor of African Diaspora Studies, University of Virginia
The First Book I Ever Checked Out of a Library
by Joan Hinde Stewart, President Emerita, Hamilton College