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1995 National Heritage Fellow Wayne Henderson, noted luthier and musician, is rooted in the mountains of southwestern Virginia—as is the traditional and bluegrass music he holds so dear to his heart.

Based in Chicago, where until recently she was a librarian at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Alison Rollins was awarded a Literature Fellowship, which she will use for her second book of poetry.

Nathaniel Philbrick and his family live in Nantucket, the island off the coast of Massachusetts from which the fictional whaleship in "Moby-Dick" set sail and which has been at the center of many of his books, including "In the Heart of the Sea," one...