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Arts & Life
headshot of author Cynthia Arrieu-King

Cynthia Arrieu-King’s “The Betweens” offers refreshing, nuanced perspective on mixed-race identity

Lily Nilipour
  •  
May 18, 2021
Arts & Life
right: headshot of author Ethel Rohan; left: book cover, with title and a pink rose set against a blue floral background

Ethel Rohan’s ‘In the Event of Contact’: A collection about human connection

Lily Nilipour
  •  
May 16, 2021
Arts & Life
left: headshot of Richie Hofmann; right: cover of "Second Empire"

Poetry in Conversation: Richie Hofmann on ‘Second Empire’ and growing as a poet

Kyla Figueroa
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May 6, 2021
Arts & Life
headshot of Ross Gay smiling and looking down, with a shirt that says "Poetry is not a luxury. -Audre Lorde"

Ross Gay, Bon Iver shape the poetics of gratitude in new collaboration

Kira Jan
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May 5, 2021
Arts & Life
left: cover of "An Ordinary Age," with the subtitle "Finding your way in a world that expects exceptional"; right: headshot of author Rainesford Stauffer, hand on her chin

‘An Ordinary Age’ insightfully reframes societal pressures felt by young adults

Anahi De La Cruz
  •  
May 4, 2021
Arts & Life
Screenshots of readers on zoom: Andrew Goulet (left), Michelle Robinson (middle) and Héctor Hoyos (right).

Literary scholars draw parallels between crime fiction, current events

Jed Ngalande
  •  
May 2, 2021
Arts & Life
Cathy Park Hong reading on Zoom

Cathy Park Hong on ethical storytelling and her ‘accidental’ writing process

Jared Klegar
  •  
April 29, 2021
Arts & Life
headshot of author Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami’s ‘First Person Singular’ a perplexing disappointment

Lily Zhou
  •  
April 27, 2021
Arts & Life
poet Aracelis Girmay reading on Zoom

Poet Aracelis Girmay on grief, Black motherhood and marrow language

Carly Taylor
  •  
April 25, 2021
Arts & Life
cover image of "Begin by Telling," with the words "also explain / then show her why / send her out to buy" beneath the title

Meg Remy’s ‘Begin by Telling’ crafts a landscape of trauma and storytelling

Lily Nilipour
  •  
April 19, 2021
Arts & Life
poet Victoria Chang reading on Zoom

‘I’m just playing with clay’: Victoria Chang on poetry and language

Lily Nilipour
  •  
April 18, 2021
Arts & Life
Lauren Clark ‘20 (left) and Emily Layden ‘11 (right) in Zoom

Emily Layden ’11 discusses the importance of the feminine perspective in literature

Jed Ngalande
  •  
April 15, 2021
Arts & Life
A headshot of a bespectacled, smiling man

The American people still hold the greatest amount of power, says founder of Citizen University

Jed Ngalande
  •  
April 8, 2021
Arts & Life
artwork of outline of a grandmother and daughter

Sundays with the Other Grandmother

Carolyn Stein
  •  
April 6, 2021
Arts & Life
illustration of a broken vase

The Vase Broke Any Way

Ben Schwartz
  •  
April 5, 2021
Arts & Life
illustration of a hand holding up a kindle to a ray of light

ODE TO MY KINDLE

Nick Lai
  •  
April 4, 2021
Arts & Life
an illustration of a woman leaning her ear against a window

eavesdrop

Sophia Boyd-Fliegel
  •  
April 3, 2021
Arts & Life
painting of a woman, her eyes closed and body wrapped in purple-white clothing

Camille Monet On Her Deathbed, 1879

Carolyn Stein
  •  
April 1, 2021
Arts & Life
the cover of Firmament No. 1, a new literary magazine

‘Firmament No. 1’: A promising new literary magazine from Sublunary Editions

Lily Nilipour
  •  
March 29, 2021
a black and white image of Bernardine Evaristo, author of "Girl, Woman, Other," looking pensive

Books for Women’s History Month

Jared Klegar, Lana Tleimat, Lily Nilipour, Kyla Figueroa and Kirsten Mettler
  •  
March 16, 2021
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