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Lucky Soprano
by Rachel Rogol
It’s her “bright, vibrant” voice that earns accolades, but as with any job, it helps to be in the right place at the right time.
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Kids Today
by Phoebe Yeh ’84
By August, parents and caregivers are thinking about back-to-school reading. Some are wracking their brains, trying to entice a reluctant reader to crack open a book.
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Radio for Readers
by Katherine Duke ’05
As an Amherst student, Petra Mayer ’96 signed on as chief engineer for WAMH, the College’s radio station. This led into a summer gig as an engineering assistant at National Public Radio, and then into journalism and nearly a decade as one of NPR’s live broadcast directors.
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Seven Views for Seven Lovers
by Josh Bell ’02
With every person I meet, I’m a little different,” says Laura (Good Girls Revolt’s Erin Darke) near the beginning of Seven Lovers. It’s not just Laura who’s different: the movie itself takes on a different aesthetic for each of Laura’s titular seven lovers, as it tells a fractured version of her romantic history.
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Short Takes
by Katherine Duke ’05
From East to West and bachelors to Baby Boomers, Amherst authors will take you a long way this summer.
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Escaping Spain
by Bill Sweet
In 1937 a group of child refugees, fleeing the Spanish Civil War, arrived in Mexico. Their story—one little known to English-speaking audiences—strikes close to home for Destry Sibley ’09, because she first heard it from her grandmother.