Wesleyan University Magazine

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

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The Leavers: A Novel LISA KO ’98 ALGONQUIN BOOKS, 2017 The Leavers tells the story of 11-year-old Deming Guo, whose mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, fails to return home one day from her job at a nail salon in Brooklyn—leaving Deming alone to navigate a new life as Daniel Wilki…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

RUSSIA TROUBLES CONFOUND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

BY ROBERT HUNTER ’62 Robert Hunter ’62 is a former U.S. Ambassador to NATO who is recognized as a principal architect…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

MARSHALL PLAN AT 70: DO THE TIES STILL BIND?

Karen Donfried ’84, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, previously served as special assistant to President Obama and senior director for European affairs on the National Security Council at t…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

THREAT ASSESSMENTS

BY GABRIEL POPKIN ’03 White House Situation Room, May 1, 2011, 4:00 P.M. EDT: Presiden Barack Obama and his inner circle anxiously watch aerial footage of one of the highest-stakes and riskiest operations eve…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

THERE’S NO APP FOR A GOOD SWING DANCE

In Alive and Kicking, the Lindy Hop documentary from which this still is taken, writer/director Susan Glatzer ’87 created an experiential high-energy film—and included Magen Jennings ’04 and film studies alumni Zoe B…

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WESLEYAN MAGAZINE, ISSUE 1 2017

Look inside now to learn about equity and inclusion at Wesleyan--where we are and where we're going; discover writer Pag…

2017 Issue 1May 4, 2017December 12, 2018

WESLEYAN MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT: THE ROUTE TO DIVERSITY

Want to know more about the history of diversity at Wesleyan? This Wesleyan magazine article, published in 1999, provide…

2017 Issue 1May 2, 2017December 12, 2018

PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST: AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIA L. KAY ’83

[caption id="attachment_7829" align="alignnone" width="1500"] "One-a-Month for 2011," by Julia L. Kay, a selection of po…

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

PAGAN KENNEDY ’84 CHARTS AN UNCOMMON LITERARY COURSE

BY GABRIEL POPKIN ’03 PAGAN KENNEDY ’84 has always seen things a little differently. When she recently met Abby Solomon, a 21-year-old with a rare genetic condition that prevents her from eating more than a few bites …

2017 Issue 1April 1, 2017December 12, 2018

THE BACKSTORY by Gina Athena Ulysse & Claudine Nash ’92

The stories behind the words: Poems from Gina Athena Ulysse ("I am a storm," from Because When God Is Too Busy) and Claudine Nash '92 ("The Problem with Loving Ghosts," from Parts per Trillion). GI…