Nell Plants a Tree
A picture book that shows how one little girl’s careful tending of a pecan tree creates the living center of a loving, intergenerational Black family. Before her grandchildren climbed the towering tree, explored its secret nests, raced to its sturdy trunk, read in its cool shade, or made pies with its pecans… Nell buried a […]
transister
Raising twins in a gender-bending world
Kate (Epstein) Mankoff, LA93, who writes under the name of Kate Brookes, has the story of a family in transition. Transister is not a prescriptive narrative but an affirming one, a raw honest, sometimes humorous account of a mother’s journey as her young child grapples with gender identity and becomes her authentic self. Brookes has […]
Submersion
The poems of Marie Baléo, LA ’10, articulate dignity, admiration, and a profound kinship for Beirut, Lebanon. On September1, 2003, Baléo’s family moved to this vibrant city for work. Submersion is a subtle love letter exquisitely expressed in lyrical and narrative verse. Experiencing this new country while coming of age, Baleo’s poetry bears witness to […]
The Good Ones
Polly Stewart, who also writes under the name Mary Stewart Atwell, MFA ’02, Phil ’13, has penned an engrossing work of literary suspense that illuminates the push and pull of female friendship and the costs of being good when the rules for women begin to chafe.
Counterpublic 2023
More than two-dozen artists, collectives and community organizers — many with WashU connections — are featured in Counterpublic 2023, the acclaimed public art triennial now on view at sites around St. Louis.
Sam Fox School names Samuels interim director of architecture
Linda C. Samuels, a professor of urban design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, will serve as interim director of the Sam Fox School’s College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design for the 2023-24 academic year. Samuels’ appointment is effective Aug. 1.
An 80-year odyssey of repatriation and repair
Jewish books stolen by Nazis during World War II are returned to Prague — by way of Washington University Libraries.
What your ‘likes,’ posts really say about you
Psychology researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created the Social Media Use Scale, which groups social media use into four broad categories and offers insights about personality and behavior traits.
Bogost named Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor
Ian Bogost has been named the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
Washington University announces 2024 Great Artists Series
The Great Artists Series at Washington University in St. Louis presents affordably priced concerts by some of today’s finest classical musicians. The 2024 series will feature celebrated pianist Jeremy Denk, world music supergroup The Doos Trio, the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, pianist Joyce Yang and celebrated soprano Christine Goerke.
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