Alumni Essay

Mar–Apr/14

Leslie Maitland, AB’71, recalls her role breaking the story of the real Abscam, which inspired the “terrifically amusing satire” American Hustle.

Mar–Apr/14

Nissa Rhee, AB’06, surveys the legacy of war with American veterans returning to Vietnam.

Jan–Feb/14

Edward Tenner, AM’67, PhD’72, considers what “an informed life” means in the information age.

Jan–Feb/14

Arika Okrent, PhD’04, lists the reasons why the listicle is a popular literary form.

Nov–Dec/13

Joshua Mitchell, PhD’89, reflects on how students from Washington to Iraq differ in their understanding of Tocqueville’s “lonely man” in the democratic age.

Sept–Oct/13

Anne Ford, AM’99, questioned her own academic ability—then she started asking questions of others.

July–Aug/13

Into the fray over Hilary Mantel’s comments about Kate Middleton.

May–June/13

Greg Bellow, AB’66, AM’68, reclaims his acclaimed father, novelist Saul Bellow, X’39, from those who would adopt him as their own.

May–June/13

Wayne Scott, AB’86, AM’89, knows from painful experience that an A is not a scarlet letter around here—an F is.

Mar–Apr/13

A scholar reflects and confesses.

Mar–Apr/13

Memories of professor Richard Stern from a student and friend.

Jan–Feb/13

What's in a keyword? Mark Athitakis, AB’95, turns a critical eye on how the Library of Congress and the New Yorker classify fiction.