How Following Sports Benefits Life

In his latest book, FANS: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding (Algonquin Press 2021), Larry Olmsted ’84 examines the lives of those who are passionate about sports. He makes the case that the more you identify...

Researching a Timeless Tale

Jonathan Warren ’84, associate professor and former chair of the York University Department of English in Toronto, Canada, has edited a new and expanded Norton Critical Edition of Henry James’ gothic novella The Turn of the Screw(W.W. Norton 2021). His first...

A Compilation of Research on the Middle Ages

Writing Normandy: Stories of Saints and Rulers(Routledge 2020) brings together eighteen articles by historian Felice Lifshitz ’75/’76 ICY, some published for the first time. The articles examine the various ways in which local and regional narratives about the...

Celebrating Women’s History Month

The HCHSAA’s Diversity Committee organized a program in celebration of Women’s History Month that was focused on the legacy and efforts of Michelle Obama, the nation’s first African-American First Lady. Dr. Khadijah Miller and Dr. Ernestine...

Poetry as an Expression of our World

In Poems for Our Times (Austin Macauley 2021), Joyce BUKARESKY Block ’57 expresses the endurance of youthful to mature love as well as the poignancy of loss. Through her writings, Block shares her passion for social justice movements, and...