Shattering Violence, Shimmering Prizes
Emily Wilson’s new translation of the Iliad brings the strange and brutal beauty of Homer’s world into the English-speaking now.
Sundered Union
A 19th-century divorce case still resonates today. Strong Passions.
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Mar|Apr 2024
In the Balance
Four alumni authors consider, then dismantle, the myths that govern how we choose our careers and that keep us stuck in unhealthy patterns from childhood to retirement.
Risk and Reward
Rajiv Shah M’02 GrW’05 heads the Rockefeller Foundation and has worked for the Gates Foundation and in government on critical issues in public health and international development. In his new book, Big Bets, he shows how embracing smart criticism—from Bill Gates, for one—and never settling for merely incremental change can pay off.
Literary Treats
The annual Kelly Writers House event featured some tasty puns.
Paradise Now
Lessons for the good life in Everyday Utopia.
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Jan|Feb 2024
Bringing Back The Brownies’ Book
Karida L. Brown G’11’s New Brownies’ Book is a “Love Letter to Black Families.”
Another Realm
New photographs by Arthur Drooker C’76 explore the elusive moments before dusk when “vivid colors paint the sky with magic and mystery.”
Character Over Cognition
Q&A with Adam Grant on his latest, Hidden Potential.
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Nov|Dec 2023
The PZ Project
From picture books to The Poet X, Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers.
Radical Passage
Radical in her youth: Drew Faust G’71 Gr’75 Hon’08’s Necessary Trouble.
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Sep|Oct 2023
Small Town Dream
Ken Jaworowski CGS’00 is a first-time novelist at 55.
The Corrupt, the Brave, and the Foolish
Fiction | Martin Cruz Smith C’64 on his 10th novel featuring Arkady Renko.
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July|August 2023
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May|June 2023
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Mar|Apr 2023
Safe Harbor, Fitful Prospects
How Philadelphia has repelled, attracted, and been reinvigorated by refugees.
The Lambs of War
Buzz Bissinger explores World War II through a group of football players pushed into the ultimate sacrifice. Daniel Akst probes the legacy of pacifist resisters.
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Jan|Feb 2023
Head Trip
A Penn Libraries exhibit melds Arthur Tress’s surreal photography with his voracious appetite for Japanese illustration.