Arts & Humanities

The humanities strike back

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The latest Colloquium is an unlikely anthology, say its editors, and they couldn’t be prouder.

Novel ideas

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Writer Jeffrey Eugenides charms local readers who aren’t afraid of Derrida.

The way he was

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A ’70s Grey City Journal article recalls Roger Ebert’s start as a Chicago-style film critic.

People of the book

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Want to work in publishing? Alumni offer advice.

Awakened by a grave robbery

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

In vino veritas

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Wine writer and restaurant critic Bill St. John, AM’77, AM’80, PhD’83, talks fear of wine and the scourge of ratings.

Internal investigation

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A distinguished career at the New York Times prepared Leslie Maitland, AB’75, for reporting a deeply personal story.

Crossing the borders of time

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Researching her mother’s story of wartime flight and lost love, a journalist finds the truth richer and stranger than any fiction.

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