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The Library Is the Beating Heart of tv

March 6, 2025

The Library Is the Beating Heart of tv

President Bilger and Reed library leaders discuss the impact of the campus hub.

By Sheena McFarland

Life by 1,000 Tiny Pencil Strokes
March 10, 2025

Life by 1,000 Tiny Pencil Strokes

Amy Reading ’98 highlights the remarkable life of The New Yorker's Katharine S. White in her book, The World She Edited.

How Bill Naito Reshaped Portland
March 7, 2025

How Bill Naito Reshaped Portland

As confidence in downtown crumbled, Naito stepped up as a civic leader and revived the city he called home.

A Repository of Human History
March 6, 2025

A Repository of Human History

The D.C. alumni chapter recently visited head curator Leslie Overstreet ’71 at the Smithsonian’s Cullman rare book library to learn what clues lie within the materiality of books.

Season to Taste with Queer Forms
September 2, 2024

Season to Taste with Queer Forms

Elizabeth Blake ’04 explores desire, gratification, and embodiment in her first book.
Professor-Student Team Translate The Inheritor
December 2, 2024

Professor-Student Team Translate The Inheritor

Prof. Kate Bredeson and Thalia Wolff ’22 collaborated on the first English-language translation of the play about class inequality and access to higher education.
Eating a Moment
October 11, 2024

Eating a Moment

We visit a Bay Area Japanese izakaya, owned and operated by chef and author of the new Rintaro cookbook Sylvan Mishima Brackett ’98.
Reed Faculty Reflect on Recent Publications
June 3, 2024

Reed Faculty Reflect on Recent Publications

Six professors discuss their recent works spanning the storied life of Buddha, the Soviet Jewish bookshelf, essays on the Qur'an and Islam, and more.
We Can’t Go Home Again
March 13, 2024

We Can’t Go Home Again

Biting and relatable, Kate Christensen’s latest novel grapples with midlife, trauma, and climate change.
Big Topics for Young Readers
March 8, 2024

Big Topics for Young Readers

The stories of British colonialism come to life in Prof. Natarajan’s Hear Our Voices.
An Anthology of Disruptions, Large and Small
January 2, 2024

An Anthology of Disruptions, Large and Small

Library of America honors poet Gary Snyder ’51 with volume of his collected poems.
A Voyage to Antarctica
October 23, 2023

A Voyage to Antarctica

In 'The Quickening,' Elizabeth Rush ’06 examines community and motherhood in the shadow of a volatile glacier.
Time and Place
July 28, 2023

Time and Place

Prof. David Schiff’s musical journey winds through the vineyard with Susan Sokol-Blosser ’67 and around the track with Steve Prefontaine.
In New Essay, President Bilger Makes the Case for Public Writing
June 14, 2023

In New Essay, President Bilger Makes the Case for Public Writing

The piece appears in ‘Public Feminisms,’ an open-access book published in April by Lever Press.
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