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Nov. 4, 2009
Vol. 110, No. 4
Alumni Scene
A seductive city
John Buntin ’94 traces L.A.’s history by following the people who vied for control
Published in the Nov. 4, 2009, issue
The city of Los Angeles has been a subject of fascination for writers and filmmakers for generations. Think of Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, or James Ellroy’s L.A. Confidential, or the crime novels of Michael Connelly. Yet when John Buntin ’94 set out to...Read moreMaking your phone a flute, and more
Alumni, student ‘apps’ are tools for medicine, transportation, music — even baseball
Published in the Nov. 4, 2009, issue
Want to hear “Stairway to Heaven” on an iPhone? You can take the easy route — find the track in your music library and press Play. Or you could turn your phone into a musical instrument and try playing the song by yourself. The latter option is made...Read moreNewsmakers
Published in the Nov. 4, 2009, issue
NARAYANA KOCHERLAKOTA ’83, an economics professor at the University of Minnesota, was named president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Sept. 30. Kocherlakota’s academic research has offered theoretical insights on topics ranging from asset pricing...Read moreNew Releases
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Best American Political Writing 2009
Edited by ROYCE FLIPPIN ’80, with an introduction by Matt Taibbi (Public Affairs) Culled from The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and Washington Monthly, among other publications, these political essays and profiles cover...Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen’s American Vision
By Louis P. Masur *85
(Bloomsbury Press). In this history of the making and meaning of Springsteen’s seminal album, the author, who first heard the song “Born to Run” when he was 18, describes each song on the 1975 album and its original reception. He...Transmigration: Poems
By Joy Ladin *00
(Sheep Meadow Press) In this collection of poems, the author examines marriage, falling in and out of love, the soul and its journey through life and death, and Ladin’s own sometimes-painful journey transitioning from living as...CURRENT ISSUE: Nov. 4, 2009
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Works by Alumni, Faculty and Students
- Best American Political Writing 2009
- A seductive city
John Buntin ’94 traces L.A.’s history by following the people who vied for control - Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen’s American Vision
- Making your phone a flute, and more
Alumni, student ‘apps’ are tools for medicine, transportation, music — even baseball - Newsmakers
- Transmigration: Poems