November/December 2001
In This Issue November/December 2001
Volume 22, Issue 6
Albert Einstein in 1932, the year he left Germany for the United States.
Hulton Getty
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Features
A Bard for the Powerless
Novelist John Steinbeck, who spoke for the marginalized, is feted in a centennial celebration.
By Lisa RogersThe Passions of Woodrow Wilson
From his politics to his love letters, the president's fiery convictions are revealed in a new film.
By Lynn Fabian LasnerAn Iliad for Our Time
Fishermen on the island of St. Lucia vie for Helen's favor in a struggle of heroic scale and scope.
By William A. ShullenbergerIslam and Democracy
Some Muslim scholars argue that democracy is a requirement of Islam in the contemporary world.
By John L. Esposito and John O. VollA Labor of Love
Covering the English language from the Norman Conquest to the advent of printing, the Middle English Dictionary is published.
By Maggie RiechersOn the Trail
African American history is interpreted in a tour of some of Virginia's oldest churches and schools that played a vital role in integration.
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Departments
Conversation
A Multiplicity of Voices
Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright Derek Walcott talks with NEH Chairman William R. Ferris about literature, Caribbean culture, and Robinson Crusoe.
Executive Function
Victor Swenson
Victor Swenson has tried to end illiteracy by encouraging a love of reading in adults.
By Rebecca WebberEdNote
