Several years ago, I began to worry that my clothes were making me depressed. I’d gained weight during the pandemic, and shopping online for my new shape was time-consuming...
The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize recognizes outstanding scholarly publications or research by a ladder faculty member in the humanities who is untenured at the time that...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has secured his second consecutive Tony Award.
Following last year’s victory in the Best Revival category for his play Appropriate, Jacobs-Jenkins...
Heartiest congratulations to the English Department Prize winners for 2024-2025!
Alison Bechdel, the protagonist of “Spent,” is a sellout. She is not exactly the same person as Alison Bechdel, the author of “Spent,” whose previous books include the...
In the opening scene of Spent, billed on its cover as a “comic novel,” Alison Bechdel’s cartoon avatar, also named Alison, has rearranged her sock drawer in an effort to...
The end of my college education announced itself not with a bang, but with the slow unraveling of routine. My upcoming graduation from Yale carries its own peculiar sting. It...
