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Quizlet: PAW’s October 2026 Issue
Think your knowledge absorption can stand up to anyone’s? Take PAW’s trivia Quizlet and find out how well you read the October 2026 issue. Top scorers get bragging rights.
New York City Tigers Feast on Food and Friendship
Summer interns and young alumni embrace adventures to track down memorable meals
Visit Italy by Book With Susan L. Schwartz ’88
Schwartz, Princeton’s first Italian major, just published A Guide to Drinking in Venice
The Drinks at 2026 Reunions, Tent by Tent
Find out what’s on tap and where with PAW’s Reunions 2026 beverage guide
Princeton’s Student Band Scene Is Thriving in Eating Club Basements
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Scholar Samuel Helfont *15 Recommends Books to Understand Wars in the Middle East
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Multitalented Author Al Mifflin Lowe ’70 Recommends His Favorite Books
Alfred D’Alessandro ’76 Recommends Humor
D’Alessandro’s unapologetically “un-Ivy” memoir is The B-Side of Paradise
Ted Floyd ’90 Recommends Three Books on Birding and Nature Study
Floyd’s latest book is a field guide to the birds of the U.S. and Canada
Walk-On Tradition Helps Keep Rowing Teams Afloat
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Books for the Perpetually Curious
‘Garden State’ Writer John Hennessy ’87 Recommends Poetry
A Behind-the-Scenes View of Managing Princeton Reunions
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Bates College Professor Therí A. Pickens ’05 Recommends Poetry
A Lighter View of Bicker?
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Rob Kutner ’94 Recommends Books on Humor
For those who could use a laugh, Kutner’s latest is The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting
Natalia Temesgen ’08 Celebrates Black Writers
At Late Meal, Campus Life Is Alive and Well
Each night at Late Meal, hungry undergrads find food and community
Margot Greenbaum Mustich ’78 Recommends Children’s Books
Mustich is the author of When Grandmas Cook, published this fall
Robbie Richardson on Indigenous Literature and History
With Thanksgiving approaching, PAW asked Richardson to shed light on the historical relationship between America’s native people and European colonists by recommending three books on Indigenous literature and history
Oct. 22: Michelle Obama ’85 Rallies Voters
Lauren Ling Brown ’12 Recommends Mysteries
Brown’s debut novel, Society of Lies, follows an alumna investigating the death of her sister, who was in an exclusive Princeton social club