“Gentle on My Mind” made him famous but John Hartford’s heart was always on the Mississippi.

On the verge of Infinite Jest, DFW took a cruise. His witty, acerbic, heartfelt account bore all the brilliance of his novels.

When America used “science” to back white supremacy, Franz Boas and his students battled the B.S.

Children’s TV was a wasteland. Then Joan Ganz Cooney took us all to “Sesame Street.”

Photography was losing its focus when Ansel Adams and friends founded Group f/64. And blew us all away.

Long before AI and Chat GPT, Wendell Berry asked a question we should all ponder.

Laid back and lampooning the Sixties and himself, R. Crumb’s creation keeps on truckin’.

From the trenches of Civil Rights to the concert stage, Bernice Johnson Reagon has sung the praises of black culture.

Before his “girls on rocks” became a cliche, Mayfield Parrish charmed America’s children.

M.I.T. engineers scoffed but Maria Telkes knew that when you need heat and energy, the sun works wonders.

Ahoy, mates, all hands on deck for the Moby Dick Marathon! Bring sleeping bag and chowdah!

Small, cheap, ubiquitous, the transistor — invented 75 years ago — birthed the Modern World.

1950 World Cup — America’s amateurs take on the British “Kings of Football.” Do you believe in miracles?

At 78, “Grandma” Moses took up painting. At 100, she was an American icon.

Divided America? Second Civil War? Braver Angels (and other groups) are building bridges.