Alumni Bookshelf
Helen Riess ’78 with Liz Neporent
The Empathy Effect: 7 Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences
(Sounds True, 2018)
Alan Alda provi…
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Faculty Bookshelf
J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Professor and Chair of American Studies and Professor, Anthropology
Paradoxes of Hawaiian Soverei…
THE ART OF THE HUG
Everyone sells. Whether you are on a date or meeting a potential employer, you sell yourself. On the job, you sell your …
DEMOCRACY IS NOT AN ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCT
By Steve Almond ’88, author of Bad Stories
Shortly after graduating from Wesleyan, back in 1988, I read a book that…
WELL READ, by Laurie Kenney
Stephanie Mohr ’93
First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery
Harvard University Press, 2018
Tiny, sh…
POETS’ CORNER: DAVID LEE GARRISON ’80 AND KEVIN PRUFER ’92
Reunion Photo
by David Lee Garrison ’80
We remember classes, football games,
proms, and graduation, but we need…
ROSENSTEIN ’80 MD HELPS WIDOWED FATHERS MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR CHILDREN
The stories of these seven widowed fathers, who joined the support group founded by Donald L. Rosenstein ’80 MD and Just…
THE BACK STORY—APOCALYPSE NOW: HOW VIRAL FEAR DISTORTS OUR WORLDVIEW BY DAHLIA SCHWEITZER ’98
In 1995, I saw a movie called Safe at an art house theater in downtown Washington, D.C. Written and directed by Todd H…
WELL READ: REVIEWS AND NEWS
Daniel Raimi ’04
The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution
Columbia Universi…
WELL READ: BOOK REVIEWS & NEWS
Mark Bray ’05
Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
(Melville House, 2017)
Mark Bray explores the historical record and…