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A'Lelia Bundles
Arts & Humanities

How Writer A’Lelia Bundles, Descendant of Madam C. J. Walker, Found Her Subject

Through sweeping biographies of her foremothers, the author shares a dazzling American inheritance. Her own story belongs on the same high shelf

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Supriya Ganesh on The Pitt

From Columbia to The Pitt

For Supriya Ganesh ’19CC, starring in the Emmy-nominated hospital drama wasn’t a far cry from reality

Aimee Ng, chief curator at the Frick Collection
Aimee Ng (Joseph Coscia Jr.)

5 Alumni Museum Curators Shaping the Art World Today

Through visionary exhibitions and programming, Columbia graduates are steering the direction of some of New York’s most prestigious museums

Collage of Oscar-winning movies with Columbia connections

18 Oscar ‘Best Picture’ Winners with Columbia Connections

Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, Columbians have contributed to some of the Academy’s most awarded movies

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Horse
Arts & Humanities

Poem: "Feeding a Poem to a Horse"

By Alan Michael Parker ’87SOA

Cartoon illustration of Pulitzer recipients eating lunch in Low Library
Arts & Humanities

Nibs and Nibbles

The 2011 Pulitzer Prize recipients clink glasses in celebration of their achievements in journalism, literature, and music

Painting of orchids in watering can on windowsill
Arts & Humanities

Fiction: "Daughter, Lost"

By Julie Wu '96PS

Illustration of Tony Kushner and famous writers
Arts & Humanities

A Sentimental Education

Playwright and political activist Tony Kushner '78CC provides insight into his intellectual development

Painting of the Grolier Poetry Book Shop
Arts & Humanities

Feeding the Meter

The improbable origins of poet Keith O’Shaughnessy's first book

Postcard of tropical island
Arts & Humanities

Thinking of You: A Short Story

By Emma Aarnes ’09SOA

Photo of man reading newspaper on street in Shanghai, by Howard French
Arts & Humanities

The Power of Lingering

To shoot his photo essay Disappearing Shanghai, J-school professor Howard French had to make something else fade from view: himself

Painting of the back of a woman's head
Arts & Humanities

Aguas Calientes: A Short Story

Fiction by Lauren Grodstein '97CC, '01SOA

Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Arts & Humanities

The Ballad of Kitt & Yorkey

How did Next to Normal, a musical about bipolar disorder written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, ever make it to Broadway?

Pears
Arts & Humanities

Poem: "Opuntia littoralis"

By Moira Egan ’92SOA

Alice Neel's 1979 portrait of Jack Beeson
Arts & Humanities

Remembrance: Jack Beeson

A former student pays tribute to the master composer

"Portrait of Talia with Lilly on the Couch," by Van Hanos (oil on linen)
Arts & Humanities

2010: An Artspace Odyssey

Exploring the mixed-media landscape of this year's MFA thesis exhibition

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