Nell Plants a Tree

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

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

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

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

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.
Washington University announces 2024 Great Artists Series

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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