Your Invincible Defeat
When our parents become our children.
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2009
The Summer Palace
Window, Jul|Aug 2009
The Dawn of El Saturn
A new exhibition at the ICA examines the early art, Arkestra, and Afro-futurism of the late Sun Ra.
Feet Last
From Norman MacAfee C’65’s Selected Poems
When Harry Met Trooper Stampler
Pull over. Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure
Osborne’s Woman with Red
Elizabeth Osborne FA’59’s Woman with Red
Reconstructing the Maya
“Painted Metaphors” at the Penn Museum.
Every Day They Write the Book
Three Penn alumnae help each other breathe new life into old chick-lit forms.
Vigor and Compassion
Role models for Muslim girls, and others.
On the Road with the Father of History and Lies
Justin Marozzi G’95 on The Way of Herodotus
Objects of Memory
Window, May|Jun 2009
Landscapes of the Industrial Heart
John Moore retrospective at Arthur Ross
The Death of Gotham
Imagining a world without New York.
We Are Here
A new anthology series preserves the year’s best African American writing.
Briefly Noted
Mar|Apr 2009
New DuBois Mural
South Street mural honors W.E.B. Dubois
The Death and Rebirth of Rasputin
A long-dormant opera by Penn music professor Jay Reise rises again in Russia.
Windows on Other Worlds
Two exhibitions and a new book of images by a physician-turned-photographer.
Academic Indigestion
A scholarly critic offers a caustic appraisal of higher education.
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2009
City of Dreamers
Nathaniel Popkin C’91 GCP’95
He’s With the Band
Window, Jan|Feb 2009
Talking Books and More—Online
Writers House offers online book groups