Alumni Profiles
Faith through Film
The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies
by Max J. Krupnick
Guy Davenport
Brief life of a polymathic stylist: 1927-2005
by Eric Allen Been
Found in Translation
Maureen Freely ’74, longtime translator of Orhan Pamuk, shares the nuances of bringing a text from one language to another.
by Oset Babür
“Kingmaker” to Gatekeeper
Stephanie Burt ’94 is the kind of poetry critic who provokes anger in other poetry critics.
by Tara Wanda Merrigan
Believe It or Not!
From the Missouri Compromise to the 2016 election, Kevin Young's Bunk takes stock of American hoaxes, con men, and race fantasies.
by Niela Orr
This Land Was Made For…
A Utah activist reflects on 40 years of land conservation—and what’s coming next.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Up Close
Composer Ashley Fure wants people to listen to noise.
by Jennifer Gersten
Criminal Injustice
Alec Karakatsanis puts “human caging” and “wealth-based detention” in America on trial.
by Michael Zuckerman
The Portraitist
Elsa Dorfman, BI ’73, looks back on her photography.
by Sophia Nguyen
Carl Thorne-Thomsen
Brief life of a man of principle: 1946-1967
by Bonnie Docherty
“Practicing My Purpose”
The Grammy Award-winning songwriter Dan Wilson reclaims his catalog.
by Max Suechting