Last November, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems by Jean Valentine, published by Wesleyan University Press, was awarded the prestigious National Book Award. At the Press, the announcement was a cause for cele…
Fiction writer Matthew Sharpe joined the Wesleyan faculty in fall 2004 as assistant professor of English. He teaches creative writing and literature courses to undergraduates and has published three works of fiction. In …
In November the popular online iTunes Music Store offered a benefit album of original songs performed by internationally known artists. The album quickly became a best seller, generating $100,000 in less than a month. Al…
“My mother has called me ‘Miss Universe’ since I was 2,” admits Tricia Homer ’04 with a laugh. She is now just one contest away from the possibility of making this title her own, worldwide. In November, Homer was crowned…
Melting glaciers and disappearing polar ice are two tangible signs of a virtually undisputed phenomenon—the earth is warming. Yet scientists cannot give policy makers the certainty they seek about how much warming, when,…
Whether your tastes run to bestsellers such as The Da Vinci Code and The Rule of Four or you prefer the New York Times' coverage of the Presidential inauguration, you probably have been reading recently about secret soci…