September/October 2013
In This Issue September/October 2013
Amy Lowell Anew
She was more interesting than her biographers let on.
Volume 34, Issue 5
Illustration inspired by "To a Husband" by Amy Lowell
Andrea Heiss
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Features
Why Spinoza Was Excommunicated
Before writing a single book, Bento de Spinoza was considered a dangerous thinker
By Steven Nadler
Massive Resistance in a Small Town
The long struggle for integration in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
By Katy June-Friesen
El Movimiento
Latino Americans, a sweeping new documentary, chronicles the experiences of Hispanics in the United States.
By Esther J. Cepeda -
Departments
Statements
Love and the Revolution
One a patriot, one a spy--two wives of the American Revolution.
By Tory CooneyOne-Off
To the Age Its Art . . .
Antisemitic critics poisoned the works of Gustav Mahler for fin-de-siècle Viennese audiences.
By Steve MoyerPickford Mania
The darling of the silent-film industry led the way on many cinematic innovations of the era.
By Tory CooneyImpertinent Questions
Impertinent Questions with Frank Christianson
The life and legends of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
By Meredith HindleyExecutive Function
