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Flannery O’Connor Aimed to Jolt Her Readers, While Her Family Hoped She’d Create the Next ‘Gone With the Wind’

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com Upon its release in 1939, the film Gone With the Wind was celebrated with a lavish premiere...

What Fueled Zora Neale Hurston’s Fascination with the Biblical Figure Herod the Great?

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com As her life approached its twilight, Zora Neale Hurston confided to her editor at Scribner’s about a...

Top Ten Smithsonian Highlights of 2024: From Enigmatic Underground Chambers to Stunning Auroras

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com Smithsonian magazine's yearly summary for 2024 mirrored the diverse interests of its readership, capturing their desire for...

The Interracial Marriage That Led to One of the Roaring Twenties’ Most Notorious Trials

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com The Rhinelander Case: A Public Trial of Race and Marriage The New York Daily News reported on a...

Unveiling the Truth: The ‘Lee’ Movie and the Legacy of Lee Miller, Iconic Surrealist Photographer and WWII Journalist

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com Antony Penrose, as a child in postwar England, had a unique perspective on his mother, Lee Miller,...

This Female Civil War Soldier Fought in America’s Bloodiest Battle and Allegedly Spied for the South—But Was It True?

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com The Extraordinary Tale of Sarah Emma Edmonds: A Woman in Disguise During the Civil War On the fateful...

Inside the Battle to Protect the Indiana Dunes: A National Park at Risk

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com On February 15, 2019, a pivotal transformation took place in U.S. conservation history. Embedded within a comprehensive...