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His True Loves
Jonathan Karp ’86 left his job as editor-in-chief of Random House to launch his own imprint and stage his first play, about a timid bookstore clerk faced with saving the world.
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How They Did It
Letter to the editor about early 1900s recording technology
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Fresh Ink
New books by alumni and faculty inclues a thriller about a stalker and a road-trip conversation about art and life.
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Music Like Movies
The cinematic grooves of Sasha Spielberg ’12
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Book Tour
A journalist gets to know writer David Foster Wallace, 12 years before his suicide.
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Wonder Woman
Angela Robinson ’92 left TV writing rooms to write and direct Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.
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Trivia Hunter
As head of research for The Crown, Annie Sulzberger ’04 wants to immerse you in the world of Queen Elizabeth II.
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A New Sitcom
Four Brown alums working on CBS's 9JKL show that no, you can't really go home again and expect it to be the same.
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Fresh Ink
A thriller in post-Soviet Cuba, inside LBJ's White House, and a debut novel set in Brooklyn.
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Street Artist
Shadowman, the latest documentary from filmmaker Oren Jacoby ’77, chronicles a forgotten pioneer.
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Fresh Ink
New books from Jacob M. Appel ’96, Sasha Polakow-Suransky ’01, and Rachel Z. Arndt ’10.
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The Pull of Place
Robin MacArthur's intimate connection to the land is a powerful influence in her lyrical first novel, Heart Spring Mountain.
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At Sundance
Among the 16 films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition held at the Sundance Film Festival in January, three were written and/or directed by alums.
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Here Comes the Son
The first solo album from Dhani Harrison ’01 is “an introspective trip.”
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Two Alums Win Pulitzer
James Forman Jr. ’88 and Andrew Sean Greer ’92 took nonfiction and fiction
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Fresh Ink
New books by Blue Balliett ’78, Timothy J. Shannon ’86, and Steven Wallace ’83
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Make Art
Brown-Trinity Rep MFA programs receive full tuition scholarships in the 2018-2019 academic year.
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Celebrating Coover
Literary luminaries gathered in April to toast Robert Coover’s 33 years at Brown.
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Fight Club
Covering ultimate fighters and really cute dogs
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Notorious Doc
Documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsberg offers a glimpse into the justice's life
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Fresh Ink
New books by Rita Bullwinkel '11, Jessica Weisberg '06 and Natasha Zaretsky '96 AM, '03 PhD
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Subjects Become Artists
What happens when the people photographed are invited to alter the images?
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Movement as Medicine
An alum finds new joy helping folks with Parkinson’s master the dance floor
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Inner Life of a Goddess
Madeline Miller ’00, ’01 AM revisits the Circe story for the #MeToo era
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Catch a Wave
Jeff Zimbalist ’00 tracks Kelly Slater and his surfing buds from their Hawaii youth up into the pros
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Literary Leadership
Writer and editor Emily Nemens ’05 takes the helm at the Paris Review
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Trying to Make Meaning
The 10th novel from Meg Wolitzer ’81 is her most political yet.
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What Office?
John Krasinski ’02 moves into uncharted territory
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Roots and Rites
Conceptual choreographer Edisa Weeks ’87
Medicine & Health
Portraits of Love
A student uplifts women with cancer and their care teams
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Syrian Journeys
A debut novel inspired by present-day refugees
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Fresh Ink
New books by Eric Jay Dolin '83, Dawn Raffel '79 and Alan Stern '75 & David Grinspoon '82
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A Symphony of Moments
RaMell Ross’s documentary about a black community in the deep south.
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Fresh Ink
New books by Nathaniel Philbrick '78, Eric Klinenberg '93 and Robin Green '67.
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Fast Forward
Sofi Tukker takes the dance-pop world by storm
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Dark Day
A woman sleeps away a year of her life
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The Genius Series
Ken Biller ’86 tells the life stories of famous masterminds
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Frontier Tales
Actor Tim Blake Nelson ’86 turns singing gunslinger
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Mammoth Accomplishment
Maria Manuela Goyanes ’01 is the Woolly Mammoth’s new artistic director
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Hardwired Wonderland
An audiovisual art installation explores synesthesia.
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Into the Abyss
Dark stories from author Ben Marcus ’91 MFA
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Fresh Ink
New books by William Powers '93, Shelley Jackson '94 MFA and Ann Ducille '91 PhD.
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A Freshman Oscar
Charlotte Silverman ’22, for Period. End of Sentence.
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Far From All Fair Guidance
At dusk, a Puritan woman wakes up from a nap in the woods.
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Fresh Ink
New books by Lauren E. Oakes ’04, Katharine Smyth ’03 and Rowan Ricardo Phillips ’98 AM, ’03 PhD.
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Ma Maisel
The roles keep coming for actress Marin Hinkle ’88
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Bergman: A Year in a Life
Film examines the life of director Ingmar Bergman
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A New Reality
The latest novel by Leni Zumas ’94 imagines the impact of restricted reproductive rights
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The Cartoonist
Enlivening investment banking reports
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Tumultuous Times
A new book chronicles higher education in the Sixties
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Bringing Pikachu to Life
How the beloved Pokémon got to the big screen
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4 Pulitzers!
A professor emeritus and 3 alumni take the top honor
Humanities & Culture
Big Game Hunting
One family’s passion for collecting Victorian table games
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Fresh Ink
New books by Kate Ascher '80, Thomas Mallon '73 and Monique Tello '95.
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Dystopia Calling
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, as retold on Hulu by Bruce Miller ’87, is having a moment.
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Fresh Ink
New books by Mark Mayer '06, Mathangi Subramanian '02 and Wendy Walker '89.
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Partners in Verse
Taking their spoken-word poetry around the world
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Grammy Award Winner
Violinist Lili Haydn '92 wins a Grammy
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The Accidental Director
A longtime Hollywood writer-producer takes his turn at the helm
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Fragile Beauty
Courtney Mattison ’11 AM creates ceramic installations about endangered coral reefs.
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Will Smart Phones Kill Live Theater?
12 Brown playwrights on writing for the stage in the age of streaming
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Sight Lines
A new film examines how blindness affects the creative process
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K-Pop
Sang Min Lim ’17 claims his space in K-pop
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Two Sons, One Chance
A powerful debut novel set in Trinidad
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Fresh Ink
New books by Mona Awad ’14 MFA, Art Markman ’88, and Tim Murphy ’91
Filmmaking
Core Concept
In search of the meaning of democracy
First Person
Revolutionary Radio
Filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein ’78 tells the WBCN story
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Testing the Limits
An introvert experiments with life as an extrovert
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Fresh Ink
New books by Courtney Maum ’01, Louise Aronson ’86, and Lauren Acampora ’97
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World of Pop
A hit podcast decodes popular music
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Say it Through Song
Licity Collins ’94 releases live album
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I’m In
Ellie Gravitte ’17 directs commercial for “A Million Little Things”
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“You’re Not a Monster”
New bite-size series starring Kelsey Grammer and Eric Stonestreet
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DIY Influencer
A craft blogger takes off
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Fresh Ink
Books by Karen Dukess ’84, Akemi Johnson ’04, and Susan Rebecca White ’99
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“We All Fall Down”
A new play focusing on family and religion premieres in Boston
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