Books & Arts
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Today Is a New Day
Juan Felipe Herrera, 18 Jun 2017
A poem, an invitation, and a call to be this new day—from the U.S. Poet Laureate to the Santa Clara Class of 2017.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Kid
Steven Boyd Saum, 15 Jun 2017
In which we talk with Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 about truth and fiction and Billy the Kid—and when you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys.
Summer 2017
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The Habit of Larceny
Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 , 15 Jun 2017
An excerpt from The Kid—the story of Billy the Kid like it’s never been told.
Summer 2017
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Listening Is Her Superpower
Jesse Hamlin, 15 Jun 2017
The West Wing and Nurse Jackie brought Anna Deavere Smith millions of fans. Her work for the stage has been groundbreaking: focusing on moments of crisis and catching stories.
Summer 2017
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Wrangler and the Jazzman
Jesse Hamlin, 15 Jun 2017
A dog with millions of fans. And Bill Stevens, a blind jazz pianist, teaching students to do more than they imagined possible.
Summer 2017
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Tsunami and Rebirth
Jesse Hamlin, 15 Jun 2017
Bosnian-born artist Amer Kobaslija looks at devastation, cleanup, and restoration through the act of painting.
Summer 2017
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Nuns and Nones
Matt Morgan, 15 Jun 2017
Religious studies scholar Elizabeth Drescher talks to the religiously unaffiliated across the country and says: Tell me about your spiritual lives. A conversation about her book Choosing Our Religion.
Summer 2017
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Summer Reading
SCM Staff, 15 Jun 2017
What’s scarier: a mind-controlling monster or financial planning? The latest from behavioral economist Meir Statman and anthropologist Matthew Jobin.
Summer 2017
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Cause and Effect
SCM Staff, 15 Jun 2017
Anna Sampaio ’92 and E. Gary Spitko on biases in immigration, policing, and the workplace.
Summer 2017
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Dueling Pianists
Alicia K. Gonzales ’09, 15 Jun 2017
Finding love at the piano bench: Chris Wemp ’12, M.A. ’18 and Claire Kunkle ’14.
Summer 2017