Telling the Truth
It took author Jennifer Finney Boylan ’80 a long time to find the key to her artistic success—something she held all alo…
Letters
View AllRemembering Norm Shapiro
At our Boston-area literary translators’ group meetings, Norman Shapiro was a rare participant, but he always meant to show up, usually when he had a new book he wanted to advertise. I used to say of him that he was like…
Editor’s Note: Before and After
My senior year of college, I was assigned to read a book titled She’s Not There. It blew my mind.
Even more than the book itself, which I tore through wide-eyed in a day or so, I remember the discussions it engendered…
On Retirement: Reflections on 30 Years at Wesleyan
I have had the best job in the world since 1989, when I joined the staff at Wesleyan’s Office of Public Information (now University Communications). Editing the Class Notes section of this magazine was an immersion exper…
President’s Letter: Building Toward a New Normal
At a faculty meeting in early March, the coronavirus was third on my list of agenda items to talk about, after facilities improvements and fundraising progress. When I mentioned a colleague’s suggestion that Wesleyan can…
Three Bronze Stars: Lovett ’45 Recalls WWII Medic Service in Italy
[caption id="attachment_16069" align="alignleft" width="983"] Francis Lovett '45[/caption]
Francis Lovett ’45, who graduated from Wesleyan in 1948 after serving with the elite 10th Mountain Division in Italy during World War II, explains how it was that he came to receive three Bronze Stars for his service. A raconteur with a…