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June 10, 2025
The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize recognizes outstanding scholarly publications or research by a ladder faculty member in the humanities who is untenured at the time that...
June 9, 2025
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has secured his second consecutive Tony Award. Following last year’s victory in the Best Revival category for his play Appropriate, Jacobs-Jenkins...
June 4, 2025
Heartiest congratulations to the English Department Prize winners for 2024-2025!
May 23, 2025
Alison Bechdel, the protagonist of “Spent,” is a sellout. She is not exactly the same person as Alison Bechdel, the author of “Spent,” whose previous books include the...
May 23, 2025
In the opening scene of Spent, billed on its cover as a “comic novel,” Alison Bechdel’s cartoon avatar, also named Alison, has rearranged her sock drawer in an effort to...
May 19, 2025
The end of my college education announced itself not with a bang, but with the slow unraveling of routine. My upcoming graduation from Yale carries its own peculiar sting. It...
May 9, 2025
What explains those rare families that boast multiple children who achieve extraordinary success? An award-winning New York Times journalist weaves story with science to...