Legends
Brown welcomed the famed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, best-known for his 1958 work Things Fall Apart, to the faculty.
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Wall Art
The German studies department marked the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and were given hammers to smash their facsimily in solidarity.
An Alternate Reality
N.Y. Times reporter David Rohde '90 discusses his seven months as a Taliban hostage.
Read These Books
A professor and an alumna are nominated for this year's National Book Awards.
A Real Fish Story
Filmmaker Lauren Oakes '04 documents the fight between miners and salmon fishermen in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
Critic’s Corner
They're loud, they're brash, and outrageously funky. The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, led by Ken Field '74, has been reaping rave reviews.
Shakespeare for Everyone
How six alums wowed New York audiences and critics with their stripped-down production of Cymbeline.
Advice
In his ongoing effort to help the black community, actor Hill Harper '88 has written two books of advice for young adults.
Prized
This fall, Edwidge Danticat MFA '93 received one of those phone calls from a stranger that ominously begin, "Are you sitting down?"
To Belong Is to Live
The life and work of Clarice Lispector, one of Latin America's most revered writers—and one of the least known in the United States.
His Double Life
Jihan Bowes-Little '02 is a London investment banker turned hip-hop artist.
The Meaningful Life
Why in an age of distraction writing well matters more than ever.
Star Gazer
H.P. Lovecraft before he wrote his "weird stories."
He Asked the Big Questions
A Farewell to Professor emeritus of political science and bioethics Edward Beiser.
The Prince of Pops
A Farewell to Erich Kunzel '60 AM.
He Had Talent
A Farewell to Tom Korman '55.
A Thoroughly Modern Woman
A Farewell to Ruth Bugbee Lubrano '23.
Squawk Box
Rose Shuman '01, '02 AM: How dorm-entrance intercoms inspired a way to give Internet access to villagers in the developing world.
Selling It
How to get fans to the ballpark despite a losing team is the challenge for Jim Leahey '88.
The Principal
How a student of Brown, Thomas Hassan '78, is changing one of the country's leading prep schools.
The Author of Quilts
Lucy Diggs '63 states that preserving a craft means embracing the imperfect work of the hands in an age of computer-assisted perfection.
Smart Dressers
Glamour magazine picked these three Pembrokers for its "ten best-dressed college girls" in the 1960s, but they weren't just stylish.