Fall 2016
In This Issue Fall 2016
What to Make of T. S. Eliot?
He feared and loathed women, colored his face green, and wore lipstick.
By Garrick Davis
Volume 37, Issue 4
Poet T. S. Eliot’s life and passions are revealed.
—John Cuneo
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Features
Louise Glück
A poet whose seering lyricism defies facile attempts to characterize it.
By Steve Moyer
Prison University Project
Inside a prison, inmates earn college credits and confidence to take back their lives.
By Paula Wasley
Abraham Verghese
A physician blends his vocation to tell stories of the human experience.
By Elizabeth Word Gutting
Back When Everyone Knew How You Voted
The secret ballot seems fundamental to democracy, and yet we did not always vote in private.
By Paula Wasley
Try Hawthorne for Halloween, . . . but Leave the Light on
"Young Goodman Brown" is frightfully fine fiction.
By Danny Heitman
Chicken Soup and Other Remedies
Is there something about being Jewish that makes an interest in medicine and health more likely?
By Paula Wasley
The Rise of the Euroskeptic
A dollop of skepticism may be just the thing Europe needs.
By Luis Martín-Estudillo
Fall 2016 edition on ISSUU
A new way to read the magazine online that mimics reading it on paper. (P.S.
Modernism and Mexico
The Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates the works of some of Mexico's greatest twentieth-century painters.
By James Panero
How Washington Irving Shaped Christmas in America
On Washington Irving and the history of Santa Claus
By Danny Heitman
Christmas at the White House with Winston Churchill
After Pearl Harbor, the British prime minister insisted on visiting President Roosevelt in Washington.
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Departments
Statements
Before Prohibition, Breweries Made Advertising an Art
From PBR to the champagne of beers, Wisconsin brands made their mark.
By Erica MachulakFor More than 100 Years, D.C. Has Drawn People to Protest
From veterans to civil rights, a history of marching in Washington.
By Alexander SternOne-Off
Conversation
If Odysseus Started a Book Club
Chairman Adams travels to Texas to take part in a celebration of NEH's fiftieth anniversary at the LBJ Presidential Library.
Executive Function
Executive Function with Shannon Smith
The state humanities council in Wyoming helps people Think WY.
By Tamara LinseEdNote
