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Books

Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (July/August 2018)

Features

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ’88 Takes on Trump
Jake Tapper ’91
New York’s junior senator talks about faith, fortitude, and the fight between good and evil.
The Book That Changed My Life
George M. Spencer
Professors remember when the heavens opened and lightning struck.
The King of Broadway: Jerry Zaks ’67
Jennifer Wulff ’96
A blind date at Dartmouth became a date with destiny for the Great White Way’s legendary director.
The Call to Lead
Phil Hanlon ’77
The College launches a $3-billion capital campaign.
A Capital Scholar
George M. Spencer
The dismal science has a happy warrior in professor Bruce Sacerdote ’90.
A Mafia Hit
George M. Spencer
Mario Puzo’s Godfather archive gets a new home at Rauner Library.
The Evolved Eater
Nick Taranto ’06
From a bagful of candy to Marine Corps grub, a food entrepreneur finds his inspiration.
Matt Klentak ’02
Lisa Furlong
The GM of the Philadelphia Phillies takes us around the horn.
Big Picture
Water Color
Speech!
Mindy Kaling ’01 speaks at Commencement.
Campus Confidential
Ask the Expert
James Napoli
How to Shoot Better Selfies | Hannah Olivia (Beliakov) Nelson ’06, Photography Fellow, Studio Art
Give a Rouse
“…and the granite of New Hampshire keeps the record of their fame.”
Deaths

Letters

Your Turn
Readers write, react and respond. (July/August 2018)

Look Who’s Talking

Cheryl Chang ’18
James Napoli
Powerlifting Team VP

Voices in the Wilderness

A Better Blade
Annie Phifer ’20
Engineer’s designs protect marine mammals.
Extreme Exposure
James Napoli
Adventure photog goes deep.
High Times
Ishaan H. Jajodia ’20
Hiker joins New Hampshire’s 4,000-footer club.
Knit Wit
Annie Phifer ’20
Knitter finds Seussian inspiration.
Program for Success
Heather Salerno
Google manager retools tech wizard stereotypes.

Web Extras

Playing Catch Up
Stuart Deane ’65
Fifty years is a long time not to talk. One email bridged the decades.
Robert Frost: Tortured by Love
Henry Hart ’76
EXCERPT: Heartbroken, the young poet fled Dartmouth for the Great Dismal Swamp.
Into the Swamp
Jake Tapper ’91
EXCERPT: A United States Congressman wakes up to an unpleasant surprise in Jake Tapper’s new novel.
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Portfolio

Books
Norman Maclean ’24, the Undergraduate Years
An excerpt from “Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers”
Voices in the Wilderness
One of a Kind
Author Lynn Lobban ’69 confronts painful past.
From the Archive
Trail Blazer

Lis Smith ’05 busts through campaign norms and glass ceilings as she goes all in to get her candidate in the White House. 
Continuing Ed
John Merrow ’63
An education journalist on the state of our schools

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