The front cover of Amherst Magazine featuring a woman dressed in black with a pink shawl around her shoulders Editor
Emily Gold Boutilier

Alumni Editor
Betsy Cannon Smith ’84

Print Design Director
Ronn Campisi

Assistant Editor
Katherine Duke ’05

Senior Writer
Katharine Whittemore

magazine@amherst.edu

Feature Articles

A painting of a river landscape with a small boat on the water

American Stories

A new Amherst exhibition considers the role of art in creating, reinforcing and challenging our ideas about national identity.

A group of young people greeting Hillary Clinton

"So Find the Joy"

That’s what Kate Stayman-London ’05 says in this Q&A that lists Jane Austen, Jordan Peele and Connie Congdon—and explains the inspiration for her escapist, subversive debut novel, One to Watch.

A woman in the forest with a notebook

18 22 30

A psychology professor asked 58 members of the class of 2009 about race and class, as first-years, as seniors and again at age 30. The takeaway? Everyone has gained much deeper perspective.