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Visiting Writers Series Hosts Wesley Straton ’11

Visiting Writers Series Hosts Wesley Straton ’11

For the third installment of the Visiting Writers Series, the College hosted Wesley Straton ’11. Lauren Siegel ’27 reports on the reading and discussion of Straton’s debut novel, “The Bartender’s Cure.”

Speaker Outlines Difficulties of Defining Antisemitism

Kenneth S. Stern, a lawyer and expert on hatred and antisemitism, spoke at the college on Wednesday, March 29. Stern discussed the relationship between antisemitism and hate in general, conspiratorial thinking, and the problem of defining antisemitism.

Q&A: Professor Ruth Ozeki Reflects on Her Extraordinary Writing Career

Imagine my surprise: it was days after I had finished and fallen in love with “A Tale for the Time Being,” and I had just realized its author, Ruth Ozeki, was in the Pioneer Valley, teaching at Smith College. Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, Zen Buddhist priest and professor whose