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Book covers from speakers at LitFest 2023, Amherst College.

Acclaimed Authors and Poets Headline Amherst College’s Eighth Annual LitFest

January 26, 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als and Macarthur Fellowship winner Valeria Luiselli among acclaimed authors and poets to headline LitFest, Feb. 23-26.
Mike Thomas

Amherst College Names Michael Thomas Its New Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

The Common Literary Magazine.

Amherst's Literary Journal Wins 7th NEA Grant

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Nyani Nkrumah ’92 Recommends Seven Novels About Women Fighting Against Racism and Classism

Electric Literature – Nkrumah, whose debut novel, Wade in the Water, was published by HarperCollins in January, points readers toward “diverse fiction novels that tackle the impact of racial and class injustice, told from a female perspective.”

From Williston to Amherst: Natalie Stott ’26, Maeve Reynolds ’26 Continue Their Winning Ways

Daily Hampshire Gazette – A local newspaper touts the friendship and athletic accomplishments of Stott and Reynolds, who played hockey together at Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Mass., before becoming “part of a freshman class that has lifted Amherst into the upper echelon of college hockey this winter.”

Black History Month: Honoring Dr. Charles Drew ’26

The Mayo Clinic News Network and Discover are among a number of media platforms paying tribute this February to Drew (1904–1950), a Black American surgeon and medical researcher known as the “father of blood banking.”

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Feb 8

Welcome Back Celebration at the Mead, with Opening Reception for "Architectural Ghosts"

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Feb 9

“Ancestral Bridges” Opening Reception

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

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Feb 17

Music@Amherst Presents: Gabriela Montero with Charlie Chaplin's "The Immigrant"

8:00 PM

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Feb 24

Reception and Opening of God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin

6:00 PM

Feb 9

“Ancestral Bridges” Exhibition

Feb 10

The Beauty of Colour

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Inside the Fall 2022 issue: a Q&A with President Michael A. Elliott ’92; the story of Bill Herz ’79 and his across Poland entertaining Ukrainian refugees, and much more.

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