In this issue, we profile the 2022 National Humanities Medalists, Richard Byrne looks back at the rock band Fanny, and Angelica Hankins considers the work of artist Marisol Escobar.

Among the 2022 recipients of the National Humanities Medal are two poets, one filmmaking collective, and a presidential historian.

“[Juan Felipe] Herrera’s deft verse is marked by inventive syntax, as well as conversation between the present and legacy—between the human and the transcendent.” —Nick Ripatrazone

The 1970s band Fanny inspired a generation of women musicians, according to a new documentary.

“The members have navigated strong currents of memory and regret to make vital music once again.” —Richard Byrne

Marisol found solace in her art, its fanciful, even bizarre, constructions a kind of salve.

“A marvelous tension runs through her work. She was a magician, silent, mercurial: now you see her, now you don’t.” —Angelica Hankins