THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR (September 10, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Queen of the Night’ – Behold the wonders of a Carolina moonflower…
Moondance
Experience the marvel that is night-blooming tobacco By Leigh Ann Henion
In western North Carolina, the mountain growing season is short, and autumn is already tossing yellow-and-red confetti against my windshield as I drive the back roads to my friend Amy’s homestead. Curve after curve, I find locust trees that are a few shades lighter than they were last week. Buckeyes also seem well on their way to change. It is now hard to tell the difference between orange leaves falling and monarch butterfly wings rising. The signs of summer and fall, all intertwining.
Thoreau’s Pencils
How might a newly discovered connection to slavery change our understanding of an abolitionist hero and his writing?
By Augustine Sedgewick
Look Out!
Why did it take so long to protect spectators of America’s favorite pastime?
By Debra Spark
Teach the Conflicts
It’s natural—and right—to foster disagreement in the classroom
Boomers Daily 