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In Pursuit of Perception

by Amity Gaige

Some literary novels make obligatory gestures at plot; this one soaks in it.

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Knowing with a Capital K

by Makena Onjerika ’10

Has fiction dissected every possible unhappiness in a marriage? A debut novel suggests not yet.

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Short Takes

by Katherine Duke ’05

Satan’s pulpit. Strange attractors. Death can delight, In the still of the night. A spooky Halloween poem? Nope—the latest books by Amherst authors.

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RLA on RLS

by Howell Chickering

Robert-Louis Abrahamson ’71 delves into essays by his namesake, the Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Turn Around, Bright Eyes: The Original

by William Sweet

The story behind a senior-year project—and its revival 50 years later.