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An Interview with Jennifer Egan on Academia in Fiction

An Interview with Jennifer Egan on Academia in Fiction

“The truth is, I’m not really qualified to teach literature,” remarked author Jennifer Egan in an interview following her appearance at LitFest, where she shared some stories of her process in writing her most recent novel “Manhattan Beach.” Egan’s fiction and journalism, including Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection

Chee Shares How To Write A Novel in His Essay Reading

On March 26, Amherst Books was filled with students, professors and literature fans in anticipation of the store’s latest guest in the Visiting Writers Series: Alexander Chee. Chee is the author of the novels “Edinburgh” and “The Queen of the Night.” He formerly taught at Amherst and is now

Celebrating Agnès Vardas’ Life Through “Faces Places”

Celebrating Agnès Vardas’ Life Through “Faces Places”

“What I liked was meeting amazing people by chance. Chance has always been my best assistant.” In a scene from her last film “Faces Places,” Agnès Varda speaks to her co-director, JR, about their experience filming their documentary and revels in the magnificence of capturing the stories of different people,

Science Center Features Amherst History of Women in STEM

Science Center Features Amherst History of Women in STEM

Past the café, down in the teaching lab area on the first floor, stands a white-washed hallway in the Science Center. To Jess Martin, the administrative director of the Science Center, and her team — Michaela Ednie ’18, HSTEM and Science Center Curation Assistant, and Ana Battaglino ’21 — this blank space

Hulu’s “The Act” Thrills in Story of Sickness and Trauma

Hulu’s “The Act” Thrills in Story of Sickness and Trauma

Starting on March 20, Hulu began releasing weekly episodes of “The Act,” starring recent Oscar winner Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee Blanchard and Joey King of “The Kissing Booth” as her daughter Gypsy Rose. Based on a real story, the show chronicles the poisonous relationship between the two women — one

Punk Iteration of “Dr. Faustus” Transforms Elizabethan Play

Punk Iteration of “Dr. Faustus” Transforms Elizabethan Play

What happens after someone sells their body and soul to the devil? Although an unusual question, it is one the cast and crew of the college’s production “Doctor Faustus” had to consider. “Doctor Faustus,” written by Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe and first published in 1604, follows the tragic fall

Reed’s “Against Doom” Installation Sparks Conversation

Reed’s “Against Doom” Installation Sparks Conversation

“Against Doom,” an exhibition by Amherst’s Artist-in-Residence Macon Reed, is currently on display in the Eli Marsh Gallery in Fayerweather Hall. The gallery where the exhibition is held is filled with neon color and contains prints, a video and an interactive installation aimed at addressing the current political and