July/August 2005 Editor's Note Art and Civilization Life Through Art's Prism British writer Paul Johnson talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the history of art and its place in America. American Modernists: Breaking the Mold An exhibition focuses on the twentieth-century artists who created a new aesthetic. By Susan Saccoccia American Voices The Unconventional Willa Cather After conquering the world of New York publishing, an ambitious writer returns to her Nebraska roots to find inspiration. By Janis Johnson Ernest Hemingway: One True Sentence A documentary sets the inner voice of the writer against the larger-than-life persona he cultivated. By Cynthia Barnes Whitman's Lifelong Endeavor: Leaves of Grass at 150 The poet who gave a voice to a young nation never stopped trying to capture its ever-changing nature. By Geoffrey Saunders Schramm History for Kids Time Travels A new animated television series drops ten-year-olds into history--from the Battle of Waterloo to life in ancient Rome. By Amy Lifson