Enter the world of comics—and win a book about how they’re made.

Anna Fishbeyn, AB’93, AM’95, documents her family’s transition from Soviet Russia to America in a one-woman show at the New Ohio Theatre in New York.

Associate professor Hillary Chute talks about the her new book, scholarly work on on contemporary comics, and going all “fangirl” over Daniel Clowes, LAB’79.

Abbie Reese, MFA’13, talks about her time in the cloister.

Elementary school children experience the history of language hands-on at the Oriental Institute.

From our print archive: Medieval history professor James Cate, PhD’35, considers the oeuvre of Emily Post.

How the University of Chicago, the great books craze, and a love of Goethe helped create the Aspen Institute. 

Philosopher Irad Kimhi teaches unhappiness in his own way.

A literary mystery hidden inside a 150-year-old copy of Homer’s Odyssey finds an answer.

Langston Hughes made a lasting impression as a visiting lecturer at the Laboratory Schools.

From our print archive: Ernest Hemingway's positive sources of satisfaction and happiness.