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What’s Up

Body language, new stripes and prime real estate

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An Interview with Amei Wallach, author of “Fabric of Their Lives”

Amy Crawford spoke with Amei about the quilters of Gee’s Bend and the artwork of quilting

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Interview with Doug Stewart, Author of “To Be or Not to be Shakespeare”

Stewart tells how research shaped his opinion of Shakespeare and his work

Of various portraits identified with Shakespeare, only the Chandos portrait (above) is believed painted from life

To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare

While skeptics continue to question the authorship of his plays, a new exhibition raises doubts about the authenticity of his portraits

Table of Contents from the First Folio

Folio, Where Art Thou?

One man’s quest to track down every copy on the planet

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Her new book says our views of Africa are outdated.

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What’s Up

The Tao of Tea, Beyond Pottery and Something in the Air

Counting on Grace

Excerpt from Elizabeth Winthrop’s “Counting on Grace”

This novel about a 12-year-old mill worker was inspired by a Lewis Hine photograph.

Author Pete Hamill

Author Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill, author of “Downtown: My Manhattan,” discusses what makes New York home

The first step in making charcoal from sugar cane bagasse is setting it on fire in a used oil drum.

Interview: Amy Smith, Inventor

Amy Smith, a practitioner of humanitarian engineering, wants to solve everyday problems for rural families in the developing world

Thomas Allen Harris with his family in the Bronx, NY (circa, 1977).

Interview with Thomas Allen Harris

Director of “Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela”

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Heck of a Story

A poignant homecoming launches a harrowing quest

David Hockney exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London

David Hockney and Friends

Though the artist doesn’t think of himself as a painter of portraits, a new exhibition makes the case that they are key to his work

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Morning In America

Space shuttle-watchers took their place in the sun, not yet awakened to the true risks of exploring the heavens.

Hurricane Katrina

Crescent City Twilight

A photographer takes a pinhole view of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, which struck a year ago this month

William Wegman photographed by Roy Adkins

Artist William Wegman

Wegman speaks about photographing his Weimaraners, including Man Ray and Fay Ray

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Snap Judgments

The winners (and some runners-up) of SMITHSONIAN’s annual photo contest take a bow

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Building the New Urbanism

Urban planners take a cue from pre-WWII cities and towns

Soda bottles make up the bulk of the construction of a 3,500-liter cistern that Andreas Froese (pictured) and schoolchildren built in Roatan, Honduras. When filled with sand, the bottles become nearly indestructible.

Waste Into Walls: Building Casas Out of Sand

A green technology guru heads to the dump in search of the stuff of dreams

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Interview with Louise Erdrich

Erdrich speaks about notable weather, Wal-Mart and writing

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