I think America is going to have to think through whether it wants to uplift the political dialogue or advance an approach that divides and, frankly, can lead to violence.

The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.

The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.

I think America is going to have to think through whether it wants to uplift the political dialogue or advance an approach that divides and, frankly, can lead to violence.

If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.

I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.

Civility is not simply about manners.