The Two Ladies of Vermont
In 1875, the debate over whether to induct women into Phi Beta Kappa exposed a crack in the foundation of Western education
By Augustine Sedgewick
The Two Ladies of Vermont
In 1875, the debate over whether to induct women into Phi Beta Kappa exposed a crack in the foundation of Western education
By Augustine Sedgewick
ARTICLES
A Teacher and a Friend
The roots of Anthony Benezet’s campaign against slavery—and his belief in Black and white equality—can be traced to the remarkable school he ran out of his home
By David Chanoff
Welcome to the Bioemporium
Brain-dead bodies hold great promise for medical education and research, but how do we calculate the ethical cost?
By Carl Elliott
The Revolutionary Scholar
Meditations on Phi Beta Kappa and the futures we imagine
By Esther L. Jones
The Synthesis Is Here
Our future depends on how successfully we fuse the liberal arts and technology
By Frederick M. Lawrence and Alfred Spector
Love the Blood 
Exploring the complexity of a life with Carl Van Vechten, on the centennial of his most notorious work
By Emily Bernard
The Spirit Seeker
Were it not for W. A. R. Goodwin, Williamsburg, Virginia, would look like a very different place today
By Andrew Reiner
The Bread Loaf Diaries
A novelist’s record of many years spent at the famed summer conference reveals the joys to be found in the company of fellow writers and friends
By Thomas Mallon
A Teacher and a Friend
The roots of Anthony Benezet’s campaign against slavery—and his belief in Black and white equality—can be traced to the remarkable school he ran out of his home
By David Chanoff
Welcome to the Bioemporium
Brain-dead bodies hold great promise for medical education and research, but how do we calculate the ethical cost?
By Carl Elliott
The Revolutionary Scholar
Meditations on Phi Beta Kappa and the futures we imagine
By Esther L. Jones
The Synthesis Is Here
Our future depends on how successfully we fuse the liberal arts and technology
By Frederick M. Lawrence and Alfred Spector
Love the Blood
Exploring the complexity of a life with Carl Van Vechten, on the centennial of his most notorious work
By Emily Bernard
The Spirit Seeker
Were it not for W. A. R. Goodwin, Williamsburg, Virginia, would look like a very different place today
By Andrew Reiner
The Bread Loaf Diaries
A novelist’s record of many years spent at the famed summer conference reveals the joys to be found in the company of fellow writers and friends
By Thomas Mallon
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DEPARTMENTS
editor's note
tuning up
Rules of Reciprocity
True empathy might be possible only if we can first get out of our own way
By David Galef
Portals to Eden
The gates on college campuses provide beauty and security, but they can also take on symbolic importance in times of campus tumult
By Blair Kamin
Here We Are Again
Helen Benedict’s novels about the Iraq war continue to resonate today
By Wendy Smith
The Paper Chase
A quiet crisis threatens millions of historical documents in some of the nation’s premier archives
By Andrew Lawler
Lisbon, 1989
How longing, melancholy, nostalgia, and song came together on one memorable night
By Thomas Swick
poetry
anniversaries
commonplace book
book reviews
Our Energetic World
Life is not an accident but an inevitable result of physical laws
By Rebecca Boyle
