Acclaimed teacher, scholar and public historian David W. Blight shares the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways that biography can help us better learn about thinking, writing, and living well.

Award-winning author and professor Nicholas Buccola shares the Five Things He’s Learned about the meaning of love from the life and thought of James Baldwin.

Writer, author, and professor Myisha Cherry shares the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential roles that rage and anger play in public life – and in our principled responses to all forms of...

Writer, author, and professor Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. shares the Five Things He’s Learned about keeping connected to the voices and visions of our country’s past – and about James Baldwin’s America...

Writer, author, and professor Roosevelt Montás shares the Five Things He’s Learned about the transforming power of the Great Books—and why the ideas and passions within these ancient sources still...