Mysteries of the National Parks
35 Stories of Baffling Disappearances, Unexplained Phenomena, and More
America’s national parks are best known for stunning beauty and outstanding adventure ― but these natural wonders also hold some of the world’s greatest mysteries. Why did an ancestral civilization abandon their stone cities in the mountains of Colorado? Flying past Mt. Rainier, did a pilot really spot nine shiny objects that spawned the UFO […]
Crumb
A cartoonist's life
The first biography of Robert Crumb — one of the most profound and influential artists of the 20th century — whose iconic, radically frank and meticulously rendered cartoons and comics inspired generations of readers and cartoonists, from Art Spiegelman to Alison Bechdel. Crumb is often credited with single-handedly transforming the comics medium into a place […]
Play Harder
The Triumph of Black Baseball in America
An authoritative exploration of how Black Americans have shaped baseball from its emergence after the Civil War to the Negro Leagues and Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier, up to today’s game—by award-winning author Gerald Early in collaboration with the National Baseball Hall of Fame. No sport has been more associated with America’s sense […]
Full speed ahead
Last September, alumna Sarah Adam became the first woman to win a medal for Team USA in wheelchair rugby at the Paralympic Games. She’s an inspiring reminder that those with disabilities can live lives fully and powerfully.
Flowe featured in documentary and History Channel series
Douglas Flowe, an associate professor of history in Arts & Sciences, is featured in “San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood,” which will premiere Oct. 9 at the New York Film Festival. Flowe also was recently featured in episodes of the History Channel series “Prison Chronicles.”
Throw like a girl
How graphic artist Bonnie Korte became, at 72, the first woman in the U.S. to earn kudan, a ninth degree rank in judo.
Copyright Vigilantes
Intellectual Property and the Hollywood Superhero
“Copyright Vigilantes: Intellectual Property and the Hollywood Superhero” explains superhero blockbusters as allegories of intellectual property relations. In movies based on characters owned by the comics duopoly of DC and Marvel, no narrative recurs more often than a villain’s attempt to copy the superhero’s unique powers. In this volume, author Ezra Claverie explains this fixation as a symptom of the films’ mode of production.
Cinema St. Louis highlights WashU student filmmakers
Seven films by WashU students will be featured in the 2024 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. Organized by Cinema St. Louis, the festival highlights work written, directed, edited and/or produced by St. Louis natives and by those with strong local ties.
A professor’s past life: Richard Chapman
In this video profile, produced by sophomore Sanchali Pothuru, veteran Hollywood producer Richard Chapman, now a senior lecturer in film and media studies in Arts & Sciences, discusses his career, how he broke into the business and the interplay of luck and hard work.
Minnis wins Paley Center internship
Kannon Minnis, a rising junior in Arts & Sciences, has won a prestigious Peter Roth Internship from the Paley Center for Media in New York.
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