Smithsonian Magazine: June 2010
Features
Heritage Reclaimed
After years of conflict, Turkey and its Kurdish population have forged a fragile accommodation, giving the beleaguered ethnic minority fresh optimism
By Stephen Kinzer
Home Away From Rome
Archaeologists studying the country retreats of ancient emperors have illuminated the lives of the rulers themselves
By Paul Bennett
Great Expectations
A century ago, the boxer Jack Johnson and the musician Scott Joplin embodied a new sense of possibility for African-Americans
By Michael Walsh
Comeback!
Atlantic puffins had nearly vanished from the Maine coast until a young biologist defied conventional wisdom to lure them home, inspiring bird-recovery programs worldwide
By Michelle Nijhuis
In the Moment
Several of this year's winners happened to be ready at just the right time
By Jesse Rhodes
To Be...Or Not
William-Henry Ireland committed the greatest Shakespeare hoax ever--and fooled even himself into believing he was the Bard's true literary heir
By Doug Stewart
Departments
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Hummingbirds, birch trees, queen bees, northern quolls and more...
By Amanda Bensen, T.A. Frail, Erica R. Hendry, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
Indelible Images
A Beat Family Album
Poet Allen Ginsberg's photographs reveal an American counterculture at work and play
By Mark Feeney
My Kind of Town
Forever Foreign
Though he had lived in an around Kyoto for two decades, the author remains both fascinated and puzzled by the ancient Japanese city
By Pico Iyer
From the Castle
Far Sighted
The Chandra X-Ray Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory helps scientists observe a fantastic range of phenomena
By G. Wayne Clough
Around the Mall
California Dreamin'
In 1972, artist Christo and Jeanne-Claude envisioned building a fence, but it would take a village to make it happen
By Erica R. Hendry
The Object at Hand
Sign of the Times
Milton Glaser's 1966 poster of a folk-rock icon captured the psychedelic dazzle of the flower-power era
By Owen Edwards
Q&A
Madeleine Albright on Her Life in Pins
The former Secretary of State reflects on her famous collection of brooches and pins, now the subject of an exhibition
By Megan Gambino
Presence of Mind
Novel Achievement
To Kill a Mockingbird, published 50 summers ago, still speaks to millions of readers. But its author, Harper Lee, maintains a determined silence
By Charles Leerhsen
The Last Page
Green Eggs and Salmonella?
Beware the hidden hazards lurking within popular children's books
By Abigail Green
