Alumni Profiles
Faith through Film
The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies
by Max J. Krupnick
A Dogged Observer
Novelist and psychiatrist Daniel Mason takes the long view.
by Max J. Krupnick
Diagnosis by Fiction
The “Healing Quartet,” by “Samuel Shem,” probes medicine—and life.
by Craig Lambert
Making Space
The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture
by Nina Pasquini
Winthrop Bell: Harvard Philosopher, MI6 Spy, and Early Forecaster of the Holocaust
Brief life of a philosopher and spy: 1884-1965
by Jason Bell
Greg Stone, An Emerging Novelist at 70
Late-life inspiration leads to pulpy noir novel
by Lydialyle Gibson
Living the Science Fiction Fantasy
Novelist Catherine Asaro’s space operas
by Lydialyle Gibson
Behind the Scenes
The quirky surrealism of production designer Sue Chan
by Stuart Miller
Thinking Archaically
The earthly permanence of Romolo Del Deo’s sculpture
by Jacob Sweet
Educational Ascent
Ruth Simmons on her ascent from sharecropper’s daughter to scholar
Football: The Tapestry
David C.K. McClelland’s famous Lampoon cover
by Craig Lambert