Editor
Emily Gold Boutilier
Alumni Editor
Betsy Cannon Smith ’84
Print Design Director
Ronn Campisi
Assistant Editor
Katherine Duke ’05
Senior Writer
Katharine Whittemore
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The roundabout story of how Niki Russ Federman ’99 became the fourth generation to run New York’s iconic bagel-and-lox shop Russ & Daughters.
A border language, a great novel and the consequences of telling our stories.
Marc Schulz ’84 did the research: Connections with others help us emotionally and physically thrive.
A famous librarian, poetic punctuation, (inter)national parks and more.
Wade in the Water, says Nyani Nkrumah ’92; Taharah through the eyes of Karen Benioff Friedman ’86; Keith Boynton ’05E dares to revise Macbeth; and new nonfiction in Black studies
Amherst magazine won a 2021 silver award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education for best general interest magazine, and Amherst contributing writer Naomi Shulman’s article His Biggest Fear is We’ll Go Back to Normal won a 2021 CASE silver award for in the profile writing category.
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