Fresh Ink for November–December 2023
Books by Caitlin Shetterly ’97, Rebekah Bergman ’11, and Kelly McWilliams ’10.
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Articles
A Fiddler’s Life
Klezmer virtuosa Alicia Svigals ’85
Curatorial Instincts
The rapid museum-world rise of Shanay Jhaveri ’07
Solving Things
“Human guinea pig”
Finding the Thrill
Bestselling novels and a popular podcast plumb the criminal and comical
Ocean’s 11
Charlie Enright ’08 and Mark Towill ’11 of the 11th Hour Racing Team on winning the Ocean Race while trying to save the seas.
From Ballet to Brown
A former Swan Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy hit the books
Truth & Power
Ruth Simmons on leaving poverty and letting go of fear
Serious Swifties
Taylor’s College Hill fan club
International Interns
A Brown program matches students to positions in Tel Aviv, Berlin, and Stockholm
Ice-Breaker
As glaciers collapse, a community comes together.
A Few of Our Favorite Things
The best holiday giving ideas from Brown alums
Doc Politics
Healing more patients by changing health policy
Percival Everett Thinks You’re Smart.
Prolific, multi-talented writer and artist Percival Everett ’82 AM is one of the most celebrated American writers of our era. But when it comes to figuring out what his books actually mean, he prefers to leave that up to you.
British Politics
Five minutes with Gabrielle Shammash ’24
The Team To Beat
From the Archives
Family Matters
Hard work. Personal responsibility. Republican presidential candidate Larry Elder ’74 aims to re-parent America the way his dad raised him.
Less Rules. More Fun.
Andrew Sean Greer ’92 blazed a path to the Pulitzer by breaking literary rules with protagonist Arthur Less. Now Less Is Lost—and readers are loving it.
A Seminal Author Breaks Her Silence
Palmares, the long-awaited novel by Gayl Jones ’73 AM, brings readers inside 17th-century Brazil and a colony of Africans who have escaped slavery
A Disability Rights Pioneer
Elias Wolff ’00 devoted his life to making sure people like him could participate in sports, fully and joyfully.
Human Studies
Professor emeritus Arnold Weinstein reflects on the “vicarious, experiential, and enlarging” field of comparative literature.
Bear Tales: The Black Horse Rides
Roommates tackle a spectacular senior project
Jumping Rope
Five minutes with Connor Kraska ’23