Stepping into Old Growth, Joan Maloof felt the forest. Now she is set on saving “the ancients.”

FAULKNER'S FINEST MOMENT

Shy and reclusive, he did not want to accept his Nobel in person. But he rose to the podium and lit a candle for humanity

H.L. MENCKEN, BANE OF THE BOOBOISIE

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H.L. Mencken

THAT MAD, MAD MAGAZINE

For a full generation, as the world teetered on the brink, the lone voice mocking in the wilderness was truly MAD.

THE ONE, THE ONLY -- HARPO!

Shy second grade dropout. Struggled onstage with one-liners. Without a further word, he became a clown for the ages.

WOODY'S "OTHER NATIONAL ANTHEM"

On a winter night, alone and adrift, he checked into a fleabag hotel and began a new song. This land is your land, this land is my land. . .

THE OTHER COLUMBUS DAY

After centuries of smooth sailing, Columbus ran into the shoals of history. And Indigenous Peoples’ Day was born.

WATCHING US WATCH TV

Others saw TV as mindless, but George Gerbner saw it as mean. And he had the data to prove it.

During WW I, when famine loomed, Herbert Hoover masterminded a global relief effort that saved millions.

GOOD WILL ROGERS

“There’s no secret to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.”

Reading science fiction, Octavia Butler saw no one like herself. So she vowed to “write myself in.”

ROBINSON JEFFERS AND "THE ANSWER"

Turning his back to the continent, Robinson Jeffers offered an answer for our own troubled times.

THANK YOU, RAY BRADBURY!

Born into a world of radios and Model T’s, he envisioned a fantastic future. And you can’t say he didn’t warn us.

THE MOHAWKS AND 'HIGH STEEL'

Builders offered jobs on the ground, but the Mohawks soared. Soon these “Fearless Wonders” were building the American skyline.

HAMILTON'S OTHER HALF

Broadway’s biggest hit celebrates the Founding Father, but without Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, there would have been no “Hamilton.”

JOE AND ELIZA -- AN A.I. LOVE STORY

He was a computer whiz. She was his creation, programmed to debunk AI. So why did people keep “talking” to ELIZA?