The Intentions of Thunder

Patricia Smith, professor of creative writing

A 2025 National Book Award winner, The Intentions of Thunder ( Scribner) is a collection of essential works from Professor…

Bridging Art, Design, and Technology

Aaron Marcus ’65

Part autobiography, part designer monograph, Bridging Art, Design, and Technology ( Springer Nature Switzerland) is a chronological story spanning 70…

Atlas’s Bones

D. Vance Smith, professor of English

Atlas’s Bones ( University of Chicago Press) is a bold reexamination of how deeply African thought shaped what we now…

The Bootheel

Burleigh Leonard ’73

Set in Missouri in the 1950s, The Bootheel (independently published) follows the story of a newly ordained white Minister and…

Stories of Nuclear Safety

Aybars Gürpinar ’67

For several decades beginning in the ’80s, Gurpinar worked at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). While there, he witnessed…