November/December 2008
In This Issue November/December 2008
Volume 29, Issue 6
Church of the Odigitria Mother of God in Kimzha, Russia(c) 2000 William Brumfield
-
Features
Who Was Edmund Wilson?
America's greatest reader had overwhelming passions: for beautiful women and exceptional writing.
By Joseph Bottum
The Cone of Africa . . . Took Shape in Lisbon
Early Portuguese cartographers traced the coast of the continent with astounding accuracy.
By Patrcia Seed
Birthday Party Brouhaha
Mark Twain's infamous toast rocked the sensibilities of Boston's Brahmin establishment.
By Jerome Loving
-
Departments
Curio
A Seat on the Isle, Please
From Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome by Gregory S. Aldrete, pages 4-5. Copyright © The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Plus Ça Change . . .
“Promises,” from The Exchange Artist by Jane Kamensky.
Third Time's the Charm
When Charles Willson Peale painted former enslaved African American and Georgetown resident Yarrow Mamout in 1819, he was interested in his storied longevity.
By Steve MoyerLe Baiser
Felix Nadar’s gelatin silver print on paper of Sarah Bernhardt in Le Baiser is among the holdings of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
By Steve MoyerNebraska by Way of Hiroshima
Perched atop an English saddle and sporting leather riding boots in this 1913 pose, Saburo Shindo literally sits astride the cultural diversity that marked his life as a Hiroshima-born Nebraskan resta
By Amy LifsonConversation
Unlimited Partnership
Chairman Bruce Cole talks with Thomas Saunders, Wall Street titan-turned-philanthropist, and his irrepressible wife, Jordan.
Impertinent Questions
Impertinent Questions with Brad Gooch
On the life of Flannery O'Connor.
In Focus
EdNote
Editor's Note, January/February 2008
Cue the tango music, because this issue of Humanities magazine is all about passion, that often celebrated, but most unruly element of human character.
By David Skinner
