November/December 2005 Editor's Note In a New Land Bridging Two Worlds Writer Bette Bao Lord speaks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about blending Chinese and American culture in her life. Discovering St. Augustine A workshop brings teachers to the site of the nation's oldest European settlement. By Laura Harbold People in Power The Woman Who Would Be King An exhibition reveals the reign and destruction of an ambitious Egyptian queen. By Caroline Kim-Brown Profiling Alaska From Battlefield to Bungalow: The Adaptable Architecture of the Quonset Easy-to-assemble structures find a place in the twenty-first century. By Anne Fredrickson Around the Nation In Focus Dean Bakopolous brings a writerly touch to Wisconsin. By Sarah Kliff