Give Them a Voice
The author of The Kite Runner talks writing, refugees, and his hopes and fears for Afghanistan.
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REALITY CHECKUsing VR to battle workplace adversity
Matt Morgan, 12 Oct 2017
3 min read
‘A Cautionary Tale’
In Undocumented and in College, Laura Nichols ’90 explains how past and present converge in post-DACA America.
Juan Felipe Herrera, 28 Sep 2017
4 min read
Today Is A New Day
A poem, an invitation, and a call—from the U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera to the Santa Clara Class of 2017.
Jesse Hamlin, 15 Jun 2017
3 min read
Listening Is Her Superpower
Anna Deavere Smith work for the stage has been groundbreaking: focusing on moments of crisis and catching stories.
SCM Staff, 15 Jun 2017
2 min read
Cause and Effect
Anna Sampaio ’92 and E. Gary Spitko take on bias in immigration, policing, and the workplace.
Ron Hansen M.A. ’95, 15 Jun 2017
3 min read
The Habit of Larceny
An excerpt from The Kid, the story of Billy the Kid like it’s never been told
Matt Morgan, 15 Jun 2017
2 min read
Nuns and Nones
A conversation about Elizabeth Drescher book’s Choosing Our Religion.
Steven Boyd Saum, 15 Jun 2017
11 min read
The Good, the Bad, and the Kid
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.
John Deever, 15 Jun 2017
13 min read
Muzhik of La Mancha
Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita and then took on Don Quixote for the stage. Scholar Scott Pollard ’81 explores why.
SCM Staff, 15 Jun 2017
3 min read
Bronco Books Football, Social Ministry, and History for Young Adults
Rule makers and breakers: from the NFL to the streets to the American Revolution.
SCM Staff, 14 Jun 2017
< 1 min read
History, Amended
Wendy Warren ’97 tackles the truths behind slavery and colonization in New England.
Alden Mudge, 01 Mar 2017
2 min read
When We Were Governor
Wife, mother, progressive icon. Nancy C. Unger revives the legacy of Belle Case La Follette.