 Appalachian Pie
Carolyn Stewart’s journey along Route 11 is a feast for the eyes. A self-described “amateur road historian,” Stewart in this piece surveys the richness of Appalachian cuisine—cabbage steak, corn polenta, and sweet potato puree—and its storied past.
 The Violence of Gentlemen
From its origins in Renaissance Italy to its popularity in early nineteenth-century America, dueling has a long and fascinating history. In this essay, Joseph Farrell takes a fresh look at the deadly practice and its connections to “dignity in the public sphere and self-esteem in the private realm.”
 Politics and the Psyche
In World War II, the Vichy regime’s “soft extermination” of the mentally disabled resulted in thousands of deaths in the state’s hospitals. Psychiatrist François Tosquelles and his colleagues at Saint-Alban set out to challenge those narrow conceptions and redesign the hospital, helping patients to create, and think, for themselves.
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