March/April 2014
In This Issue March/April 2014
The Quiet Greatness of Eudora Welty
Even toward the end of her life, the writer revealed a youthful zest for life and art.
By Danny Heitman
Volume 35, Issue 2
Illustrator Sara Tyson depicts Eudora Welty as watchful, listening, and ever curious. See Danny Heitman's consideration of the great Southern writer in this issue.
Sara Tyson
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Features
The Devastation of 1918
An online encyclopedia created at the University of Michigan includes thousands of documents detailing the U.S. response to the 1918 flu crisis.
By Anna Maria Gillis
The First Americans
What we think we know about the arrival of Homo sapiens on this continent.
By Steve Moyer
The Trial of Hannah Arendt
She caused a furor when she coined “the banality of evil” to describe mindless acts of Nazi horror.
By Kathleen B. Jones
Hannah, Andrew Jackson’s Slave
A favorite of Old Hickory, she made him seem kinder than he was. Why?
By Mark R. Cheathem
The Otherworldly Malamud
The master of the short story infused his work with myth and magic, but not fairytale endings.
By Mark Athitakis
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Departments
Statements
Radio Voices
Iowa reporters bring news of the front to audiences at home during World War II.
By Tory CooneyOne-Off
Room for Interpretation
First Anti-Crown Sentiments in America Traced to Virginia Parlor
By Steve Moyer"Hotter than the Bloomin' Hobs of Hell"
Historically, iron foundries could fire the imagination or soothe the visual palate.
By Steve MoyerImpertinent Questions
Impertinent Questions with Annegret Fauser
How music was used and appreciated during World War II.
By Meredith HindleyEdNote
