Arts+Culture

A head-and-shoulders portrait of Cameran Lougy Mason '84.
Summer 2018

Mission Accomplished, Mason Moves On

After a decade at Wellesley, Cameran Lougy Mason ’84, vice president of Resources, has left the College to become the chief development officer at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Mason led the planning and execution of Wellesley’s Campaign to advance the Wellesley Effect, which hit its $500 million goal a full year ahead of schedule.More
A photo taken during the production of "Decisions" shows two student actresses sitting back-to-back on a dimly lit stage.
Summer 2018

Decisions and Departures

By Catherine O’Neill Grace

For her final production after 28 years, Director of Theatre Nora Hussey worked with student actors and co-director and co-creator Lois Roach to mount an original one-act play, Decisions.More
The cover of Dana Mele's novel, People Like Us, shows four girls' school uniforms, with navy blazers, plaid skirts, and red ties. The tie on one of the uniforms is askew.
Summer 2018

Murder Most Foul

By Amy Mitchell Poeppel ’88

From the opening scene in the satisfying young adult thriller People Like Us, the reader is in for an exciting and eerie read: A spirited, traditional skinny dip on Halloween night abruptly turns sinister…More
An image shows the type-only cover of Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Korbel Albright '59.
Summer 2018

A Critical Question

By Gail Russell Chaddock ’72

“Of all the unanswered questions of our time, perhaps the most important is: ‘What is Fascism?’” wrote British journalist George Orwell in 1944. At that time, a young girl was living in exile in London, having fled the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia with her parents. In her new book, Fascism: A Warning , that girl, Madeleine Korbel Albright ’59, takes up Orwell’s question anew.More
The cover image of Listen to the Land depicts a lush Southern woodland garden with green trees, orange and blue flowers, and a small stream.
Spring 2018

Freshink

New books by Wellesley authorsMore
An image of the cover of Not Elegy But Eros shows an impressionistic painting of a seaside landscape in a brilliant red sunset.
Spring 2018

Moving Beyond Elegy

By Elizabeth Lund 

Nausheen Eusuf ’02 grapples with grief in her debut collection of poems, Not Elegy, But Eros. Born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Eusuf majored in computer science at Wellesley, but is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English at Boston University.More
An image of the cover of The Wedding Date shows an African-American female head and a white male head in silhouette.
Spring 2018

A Different ‘Elevator Pitch’

By Patrice Caldwell ’15

When Alexa Monroe gets stuck in an elevator on the way to celebrate her older sister’s promotion, she doesn’t expect to end up as the girlfriend of Drew Nichols, who’s stuck there with her.More
An image of the cover of The Amorous Heart shows heart=shaped illustrations on an antique letter.
Spring 2018

A Shape Searching For Meaning

By Lisa Hinrichsen ’99 

Chances are that today you clicked on a little heart icon while scrolling through your internet feeds, turning it red with meaning. The heart symbol has become ubiquitous, signifying concern, support, enjoyment, and yes, love.More
Professor Frank Bidart in the classroom.
Spring 2018

Pulitzer!

Frank Bidart, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and professor of English, has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 . The jury called the book “a volume of…More
Professor Fran Malino
Spring 2018

A Champion For Jewish Voices

By Deborah Lynn Blumberg ’00

Professor Fran Malino has published dozens of articles and multiple books—in English and French—about Jews living in medieval Spain, the lands of Islam, France, and Europe. This spring, the program she built from the ground up as Wellesley’s inaugural chair in Jewish Studies celebrates its 30th anniversary.More