A Meditation on Loss, Love, and Survival

2020 Issue 1May 1, 2020

A Meditation on Loss, Love, and Survival

[caption id="attachment_15757" align="alignleft" width="212"] Run Me to Earth, a novel by Paul Yoon ’02, brings Laos’s difficult history to light.[/caption] While conducting research for his 2017 story collection, The Mountain, Paul Yoon ’02 encountered an “unfathomable” history. During the 19…

2020 Issue 1May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Scenes from Shangri-La, by Michael Yamashita ’71

Michael Yamashita ’71 (©Michael Yamashita) For more than 35 years, photographer Michael Yamashita ’71 has worked for Na…

2020 Issue 1May 1, 2020May 3, 2020

Arranging a Creative Career

Pete Ganbarg '88 (Photo by Andrew Zaeh) "Creative problem-solving" is how Pete Ganbarg ’88 describes his work as a mu…

2019 Issue 3January 30, 2020January 30, 2020

Going the Distance: Scott Mayerowitz ’00 on a Career in Travel Journalism

Scott Mayerowitz ’00 spent much of 2019 soaring to great heights. As the executive editorial director at The Points G…

2019 Issue 3December 3, 2019May 1, 2020

Leadership in 15 Languages: Helping Prep the Next Generation of Polyglots

Wesleyan has an unusual language requirement in that there isn’t one. But while students are not mandated to take a lang…

2019 Issue 3December 3, 2019December 4, 2019

Engaged Locally and Globally: The Wesleyan Refugee Project Aims to Improve Life for Displaced Peoples

Humans around the globe are experiencing unprecedented levels of displacement. Earlier this year, the UNHCR (the United …

Author: Katie Aberbach