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The American Scholar

Summer 2019
Magazine

Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s famous speech, The American Scholar is the quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932.

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Looking Back

The American Scholar

LETTERS

Gambling on the Future

Heritage Ranching

Speeding at a Glacial Pace

Counting Americans in the Digital Age

The Secret Life of Trees

Searching for Seamounts

Journey to Nowhere

How to Be a Big-League Critic • Helpful hints from a professional

Our Fate Is in the Stars • TODAY’S SPACE PROGRAM STILL DOES AMAZING THINGS, BUT NOTHING LIKE APOLLO. IT’S TIME TO BEGIN AGAIN

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea • IN SEARCH OF THE PLACES THAT INSPIRED THE ILIAD—AND THE TRACES OF UPHEAVAL, CONFLICT, AND MIGRATION THAT LED TO ITS CREATION

Sex Workers of the World United • LAST YEAR’S SESTA/FOSTA LEGISLATION AIMED TO LIMIT SEX TRAFFICKING—BUT IT’S JUST THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF POLICIES DESIGNED TO CRIMINALIZE THE OLDEST PROFESSION

Raging Toward Heaven

FOUR POEMS

Rape Trees and Rosary Beads • FIELD NOTES OF A BORDER PATROL AGENT

Aaron Burr in Exile • SURVIVING AGAINST ALL ODDS, HIS JOURNAL TELLS THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST MALIGNED FIGURES IN AMERICAN HISTORY

The End of Driving • YES, AUTONOMOUS AUTOS WILL MAKE ROADS SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT, BUT WHAT WONDERS WILL BE LOST?

Bucksaw

Flights of Fancy • The TWA Terminal at JFK, long dormant and then threatened with demolition, is reborn as a hotel

Finding Your Voice • How one writer discovered his when he stopped looking for it and learned instead to listen

Bonanza of Greed • Myths and lies will, if we let them, spell the end of the public domain

Southern Secrets • Three very different women haunted by the past

The Difficult Diplomat • A highly flawed man who brought peace and controversy

What Makes Us Better • Two books explore whether morality is innate or learned

Plumbing the Depths • A writer explores the world beneath our feet

Myths of Memory • Our ability to recall is not an undiluted gift

Commonplace Book

AMERICAN PLACES


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Frequency: Quarterly Pages: 132 Publisher: Phi Beta Kappa Society Edition: Summer 2019

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Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s famous speech, The American Scholar is the quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932.

We’re honored by your commitment...

Looking Back

The American Scholar

LETTERS

Gambling on the Future

Heritage Ranching

Speeding at a Glacial Pace

Counting Americans in the Digital Age

The Secret Life of Trees

Searching for Seamounts

Journey to Nowhere

How to Be a Big-League Critic • Helpful hints from a professional

Our Fate Is in the Stars • TODAY’S SPACE PROGRAM STILL DOES AMAZING THINGS, BUT NOTHING LIKE APOLLO. IT’S TIME TO BEGIN AGAIN

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea • IN SEARCH OF THE PLACES THAT INSPIRED THE ILIAD—AND THE TRACES OF UPHEAVAL, CONFLICT, AND MIGRATION THAT LED TO ITS CREATION

Sex Workers of the World United • LAST YEAR’S SESTA/FOSTA LEGISLATION AIMED TO LIMIT SEX TRAFFICKING—BUT IT’S JUST THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF POLICIES DESIGNED TO CRIMINALIZE THE OLDEST PROFESSION

Raging Toward Heaven

FOUR POEMS

Rape Trees and Rosary Beads • FIELD NOTES OF A BORDER PATROL AGENT

Aaron Burr in Exile • SURVIVING AGAINST ALL ODDS, HIS JOURNAL TELLS THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST MALIGNED FIGURES IN AMERICAN HISTORY

The End of Driving • YES, AUTONOMOUS AUTOS WILL MAKE ROADS SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT, BUT WHAT WONDERS WILL BE LOST?

Bucksaw

Flights of Fancy • The TWA Terminal at JFK, long dormant and then threatened with demolition, is reborn as a hotel

Finding Your Voice • How one writer discovered his when he stopped looking for it and learned instead to listen

Bonanza of Greed • Myths and lies will, if we let them, spell the end of the public domain

Southern Secrets • Three very different women haunted by the past

The Difficult Diplomat • A highly flawed man who brought peace and controversy

What Makes Us Better • Two books explore whether morality is innate or learned

Plumbing the Depths • A writer explores the world beneath our feet

Myths of Memory • Our ability to recall is not an undiluted gift

Commonplace Book

AMERICAN PLACES


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