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Martha Hill improvises on Bennington’s tennis courts, 1936.

Grassroots Modern

New York dancers take to the country.

By Janet Mansfield Soares

humanities, September/October, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 5
John Mitchell, Jr., editor, Richmond Planet

Brother from the Richmond Planet

Crusading Journalist John Mitchell Jr. took on the lynchers.

By Donna M. Lucey

humanities, July/August, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 4
Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson, Gardener

In her own time she was better known for her hydrangeas.

By Tom Christopher

humanities, July/August, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 4

Our Founding Novelist

Charles Brockden Brown mixed spontaneous combustion with Gothic horror.

By Anne Trubek

humanities, January/February, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 4
Walking Cinema: Murder on Beacon Hill

Murder on Foot

The walking tour goes digital.

By Craig Lambert

humanities, July/August, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 4
Linking Verse across Adjoining Rooms, detail

Sister Poets

In China they were called cainü.

By Steve Moyer

humanities, July/August, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 4
Playwright John Patrick Shanley

The Gorgeous Unstoppable Tennessee Williams

And how he changed our sense of beauty.

By John Patrick Shanley

humanities, July/August, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 4
Sketch of Kierkegaard by Niels Christian Kierkegaard, c. 1840.

The Fork And The Shrink

Kierkegaard was a psychologist of sorts, but unlike Freud he believed in God.

By Gordon Marino

humanities, July/August, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 4

The War 150 Years Later

As the sesquicentennial nears, a selection of past, present, and future humanities projects.

By David Skinner

humanities, July/August, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 4
An Ancient Chinese Poet, facsimile of original Chinese scroll, Chinese School.

The Making of Jonathan Spence

From Winchester College to The Search for Modern China.

By Frederic E. Wakeman Jr.

humanities, May/June, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 3